Exam question 4 · Light, shadows and colours

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning a material designated as translucent.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, response, established facts · What happens: select, be, establish, concern, designate · To what, where: response, material

This is exam question 4 of lesson 53 «Light, shadows and colours» 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 consistent	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 consistent	cop
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	acl:relcl
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 facts	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 facts	det
9	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 facts	amod
10	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 consistent	obl
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 facts	acl
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 material	det
13	material	material	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
14	designated	designate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 material	acl
15	as	as	ADP	_	16 translucent	case
16	translucent	translucent	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 designated	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	is	present	the response		with the established facts; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	a material		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus material=Experiencer
5	designate	participle		a material not said here	as translucent	vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as translucent=Attribute

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.

The options

Option 1

It emits a light of its own when illuminated

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	2 emits	nsubj
2	emits	emit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 light	det
4	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 emits	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 own	case
6	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 own	nmod:poss
7	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 light	nmod
8	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	9 illuminated	advmod
9	illuminated	illuminate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 emits	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	emit	present	It	a light of light's own					vn substance_emission-43.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Source light=Theme
2	illuminate	participle							vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It permits the passage of a portion of the light incident upon it

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	2 permits	nsubj
2	permits	permit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 passage	det
4	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 permits	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 portion	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 portion	det
7	portion	portion	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 passage	nmod
8	of	of	ADP	_	11 incident	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 incident	det
10	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 incident	compound
11	incident	incident	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 portion	nmod
12	upon	upon	ADP	_	13 it	case
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 incident	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	permit	present	It	the passage of a portion of the light incident upon incident					vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent passage=Theme
2	pass		a portion of the light incident upon incident						nom passage «act intransitive»: of=agent

Option 3

It prevents the passage of all light incident upon it

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	2 prevents	nsubj
2	prevents	prevent	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 passage	det
4	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 prevents	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 incident	case
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 incident	det
7	light	light	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 incident	amod
8	incident	incident	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 passage	nmod
9	upon	upon	ADP	_	10 it	case
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 incident	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prevent	present	It	the passage of all light incident upon incident					vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer passage=Theme
2	pass		all light incident upon incident						nom passage «act intransitive»: of=agent

Option 4

It permits the passage of all light incident upon it

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	2 permits	nsubj
2	permits	permit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 passage	det
4	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 permits	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 incident	case
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 incident	det
7	light	light	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 incident	amod
8	incident	incident	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 passage	nmod
9	upon	upon	ADP	_	10 it	case
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 incident	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	permit	present	It	the passage of all light incident upon incident					vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent passage=Theme
2	pass		all light incident upon incident						nom passage «act intransitive»: of=agent

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