Exam question 2 · A day at a grown-up's job
Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the practice of commuting?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: practice · What happens: follow, characteris, commute · To what, where: practice
This is exam question 2 of lesson 1 «A day at a grown-up's job» of the adult life 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 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 characterises | nsubj |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 statements | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 statements | det |
| 4 | following | follow | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 statements | amod |
| 5 | statements | statement | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 characterises | obl |
| 6 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 7 accurately | advmod |
| 7 | accurately | accurately | ADV | _ | 8 characterises | advmod |
| 8 | characterises | characteris | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 practice | det |
| 10 | practice | practice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 characterises | obj |
| 11 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 12 commuting | mark |
| 12 | commuting | commute | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 10 practice | acl |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 8 characterises | 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 practice | of the following statements; accurately property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | commute | gerund | the practice not said here | vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2 «NP V NP.patient PP.extent PP.initial_state PP.result»: agent=Causer |
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
The daily journey between home and workplace, often long owing to housing costs
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 journey | det |
| 2 | daily | daily | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 journey | amod |
| 3 | journey | journey | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | between | between | ADP | _ | 5 home | case |
| 5 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 journey | nmod |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 workplace | cc |
| 7 | workplace | workplace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 journey | conj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 owing | punct |
| 9 | often | often | ADV | _ | 11 owing | advmod |
| 10 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | 11 owing | advmod |
| 11 | owing | owe | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 journey | acl |
| 12 | to | to | ADP | _ | 14 costs | case |
| 13 | housing | housing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 costs | compound |
| 14 | costs | cost | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 owing | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | owe | gerund | the daily journey between home and workplace not said here | to housing costs goal; long, often property | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to cost=Goal |
Option 2
A journey undertaken solely at the employer's expense in order to meet customers abroad
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 journey | det |
| 2 | journey | journey | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | undertaken | undertake | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 journey | acl |
| 4 | solely | solely | ADV | _ | 3 undertaken | advmod |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 expense | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 employer | det |
| 7 | employer | employer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 expense | nmod:poss |
| 8 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 7 employer | case |
| 9 | expense | expense | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 undertaken | obl |
| 10 | in | in | SCONJ | ExtPos=SCONJ | 13 meet | mark |
| 11 | order | order | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 in | fixed |
| 12 | to | to | PART | _ | 13 meet | mark |
| 13 | meet | meet | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 undertaken | advcl |
| 14 | customers | customer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 meet | obj |
| 15 | abroad | abroad | ADV | _ | 13 meet | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | undertake | participle | a journey not said here | the employer's expense | solely property | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | |||
| 2 | meet | to-infinitive | customers | abroad property | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent customer=Co-Agent |
Option 3
The relocation of an office to a different municipality
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 relocation | det |
| 2 | relocation | relocation | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 office | case |
| 4 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 office | det |
| 5 | office | office | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 relocation | nmod |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 municipality | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 municipality | det |
| 8 | different | different | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 municipality | amod |
| 9 | municipality | municipality | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 relocation | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | relocate | a office | to a different municipality | nom relocation «act transitive»: of=patient to=obl |
Option 4
A holiday granted to employees in recognition of long service
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 holiday | det |
| 2 | holiday | holiday | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | granted | grant | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 holiday | acl |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 employees | case |
| 5 | employees | employee | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 granted | obl:agent |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 recognition | case |
| 7 | recognition | recognition | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 granted | obl |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 service | case |
| 9 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 service | amod |
| 10 | service | service | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 recognition | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grant | participle | a holiday not said here | recognition of long service | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | recognize | long service | nom recognition «state transitive»: of=patient |
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