Exam question 4 · The United States and its states
It is given that it is noon on the West Coast of the United States. Ascertain the hour on the East Coast.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: it, you · What happens: give, be, ascertain · To what, where: It, noon, West Coast, East Coast
This is exam question 4 of lesson 44 «The United States and its states» of the world course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.
The question
Sentence 1: It is given that it is noon on the West Coast of the United States.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 given | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | aux:pass |
| 3 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 7 noon | mark |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 noon | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 noon | cop |
| 7 | noon | noon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 given | xcomp |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 11 Coast | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 Coast | det |
| 10 | West | West | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 Coast | compound |
| 11 | Coast | Coast | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 noon | nmod |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 States | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 States | det |
| 14 | United | United | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 States | amod |
| 15 | States | State | PROPN | Number=Plur | 11 Coast | nmod |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 given | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present · passive | It | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | is a | present | it | noon | the West Coast of the United States | tree rules |
One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.
Sentence 2: Ascertain the hour on the East Coast.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ascertain | ascertain | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 hour | det |
| 3 | hour | hour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Ascertain | obj |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 Coast | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Coast | det |
| 6 | East | East | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 Coast | compound |
| 7 | Coast | Coast | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Ascertain | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Ascertain | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ascertain | imperative | you not said here | the East Coast | hour | vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Six o'clock in the evening
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Six | six | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 o'clock | nummod |
| 2 | o'clock | o'clock | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 evening | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 evening | det |
| 5 | evening | evening | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 o'clock | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
Nine o'clock in the morning
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nine | nine | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 o'clock | nummod |
| 2 | o'clock | o'clock | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 morning | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 morning | det |
| 5 | morning | morning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 o'clock | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Three o'clock in the afternoon
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 o'clock | nummod |
| 2 | o'clock | o'clock | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 afternoon | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 afternoon | det |
| 5 | afternoon | afternoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 o'clock | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
Noon likewise
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Noon | noon | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | likewise | likewise | ADV | _ | 1 Noon | advmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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