--- title: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the… — The essay the teacher spotted · tree and pragmatics description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the purpose of homework? Exam question 1 of lesson 9 «The essay the teacher spotted» of the AI course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/ai/9-the-essay-the-teacher-spotted/e1/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [AI](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/ai/) / [The essay the teacher spotted](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/ai/9-the-essay-the-teacher-spotted/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · The essay the teacher spotted Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the purpose of homework? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** homework · **What happens:** follow, characteris, purpose · **To what, where:** purpose This is exam question 1 of lesson 9 «The essay the teacher spotted» of the AI 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/ai/9-the-essay-the-teacher-spotted/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:ai:9-the-essay-the-teacher-spotted:e1:1 # text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the purpose of homework? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 amod _ _ 5 statements statement NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 6 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 7 advmod _ _ 7 accurately accurately ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 characterises characteris VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 purpose purpose NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 homework homework NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **characteris** | present | | the purpose of homework | | | | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **purpose** | | homework | | | | | | nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: of=agent | 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 {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} The demonstration of the capabilities of chatbots ```conllu # sent_id = question:ai:9-the-essay-the-teacher-spotted:e1:o1:1 # text = The demonstration of the capabilities of chatbots 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 demonstration demonstration NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 capabilities capability NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 chatbots chatbot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **demonstrate** | | | the capabilities of chatbots | | | | | nom demonstration «act transitive»: of=patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} The supply of material for the teacher's amusement ```conllu # sent_id = question:ai:9-the-essay-the-teacher-spotted:e1:o2:1 # text = The supply of material for the teacher's amusement 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 supply supply NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 material material NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 teacher teacher NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 amusement amusement NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **amuse** | | the teacher | | | | | | nom amusement «feeling transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} The occupation of the pupil's evening without further object ```conllu # sent_id = question:ai:9-the-essay-the-teacher-spotted:e1:o3:1 # text = The occupation of the pupil's evening without further object 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 occupation occupation NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 pupil pupil NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 8 without without ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 further further ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 object object NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **occupy** | | | the pupil's evening | | | | without further object | nom occupation «act transitive»: of=patient without=obl | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} The provision of practice whereby the pupil's skills are developed ```conllu # sent_id = question:ai:9-the-essay-the-teacher-spotted:e1:o4:1 # text = The provision of practice whereby the pupil's skills are developed 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 provision provision NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 practice practice NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 5 whereby whereby ADV WRB PronType=Rel 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 pupil pupil NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 skills skill NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj:pass _ _ 10 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux:pass _ _ 11 developed develop VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 parataxis _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **develop** | present · passive | | the pupil's skills | | | | | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Product | | 2 | **provide** | | practice | | | | | | nom provision «communication intransitive»: of=agent | **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. 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