Exam question 4 · Mirrors, shadows and colours

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning a red filter.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, response, established facts · What happens: select, be, establish, concern · To what, where: response, red filter

This is exam question 4 of lesson 84 «Mirrors, 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	14 filter	det
13	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 filter	amod
14	filter	filter	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
15	.	.	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 red filter		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus filter=Experiencer

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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It permits only red light to pass and blocks the other colours

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	only	only	ADV	_	5 light	advmod
4	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 light	amod
5	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 permits	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 pass	mark
7	pass	pass	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 permits	advcl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 blocks	cc
9	blocks	block	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 permits	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 colours	det
11	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 colours	amod
12	colours	colour	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 blocks	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	permit	present	It	red light	vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent light=Theme
2	pass	to-infinitive			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	block	present		the other colours	vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer colour=Theme

Option 2

It permits all colours save red to pass

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	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 colours	det
4	colours	colour	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 save	nsubj
5	save	save	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 permits	ccomp
6	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 save	obj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 pass	mark
8	pass	pass	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 red	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	permit	present	It		vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Causer clause=Eventuality
2	save	present	all colours	red	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent red=Theme
3	pass	to-infinitive	all colours not said here		vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

It blocks red light and permits white light to pass

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 blocks	nsubj
2	blocks	block	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 light	amod
4	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 blocks	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 permits	cc
6	permits	permit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 blocks	conj
7	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 light	amod
8	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 permits	obj
9	to	to	PART	_	10 pass	mark
10	pass	pass	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 permits	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	block	present	It	red light	vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer light=Theme
2	permit	present		white light	vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent light=Theme
3	pass	to-infinitive			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

It converts all colours into red light

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 converts	nsubj
2	converts	convert	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 colours	det
4	colours	colour	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 converts	obj
5	into	into	ADP	_	7 light	case
6	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 light	amod
7	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 converts	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	convert	present	It	all colours				into red light result	vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: agent=Agent colour=Patient into light=Result

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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