--- title: Identify the conclusion which validly follows from the premise that… — "If... then..." and its traps · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the conclusion which validly follows from the premise that every square possesses four sides, given a figure possessing three sides. Exam question 2 of lesson 184 «"If... then..." and its traps» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the que --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/184-if-then-and-its-traps/e2/) [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/) / [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/) / ["If... then..." and its traps](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/184-if-then-and-its-traps/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · "If... then..." and its traps Identify the conclusion which validly follows from the premise that every square possesses four sides, given a figure possessing three sides. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, conclusion, square, four sides, figure · **What happens:** identify, follow, possess, give · **To what, where:** conclusion, premise, figure, three sides This is exam question 2 of lesson 184 «"If... then..." and its traps» 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/world/184-if-then-and-its-traps/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:184-if-then-and-its-traps:e2:1 # text = Identify the conclusion which validly follows from the premise that every square possesses four sides, given a figure possessing three sides. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 conclusion conclusion NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 5 validly validly ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 follows follow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 7 from from ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 premise premise NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 13 obj _ _ 11 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 12 det _ _ 12 square square NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 possesses possess VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 acl:relcl _ _ 14 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 15 nummod _ _ 15 sides side NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 acl _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 figure figure NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 20 possessing possess VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 19 acl _ _ 21 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 22 nummod _ _ 22 sides side NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the conclusion | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent conclusion=Theme | | 2 | **follow** | present | the conclusion | | | the premise | | validly *property* | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent from premise=Trajectory | | 3 | **possess** | present | every square | the premise | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **give** | participle | four sides *not said here* | a figure | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent figure=Theme | | 5 | **possess** | gerund | a figure *not said here* | three sides | | | | | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot side=Theme | 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 figure may be a square ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:184-if-then-and-its-traps:e2:o1:1 # text = The figure may be a square 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 figure figure NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 6 cop _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 square square NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | may | the figure | a square | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} The figure is not a square ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:184-if-then-and-its-traps:e2:o2:1 # text = The figure is not a square 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 figure figure NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 square square NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is a** | present | the figure | a square | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} The figure is a square ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:184-if-then-and-its-traps:e2:o3:1 # text = The figure is a square 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 figure figure NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 square square NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the figure | a square | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} The figure possesses four sides ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:184-if-then-and-its-traps:e2:o4:1 # text = The figure possesses four sides 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 figure figure NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 possesses possess VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 sides side NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **possess** | present | the figure | four sides | | | | | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot side=Theme | **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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