Exam question 1 · Moving house and renting a home

Which of the following most accurately characterises an offer subject to survey?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: offer subject

This is exam question 1 of lesson 10 «Moving house and renting a home» 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	4 following	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 following	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 following	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	6 accurately	advmod
6	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	7 characterises	advmod
7	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 following	advcl
8	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 subject	det
9	offer	offer	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 subject	compound
10	subject	subject	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 characterises	obj
11	to	to	ADP	_	12 survey	case
12	survey	survey	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 subject	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 following	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		a offer subject				accurately property	tree rules

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

An offer conditional upon an expert inspection of the property

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 offer	det
2	offer	offer	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	conditional	conditional	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 offer	amod
4	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 inspection	case
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 inspection	det
6	expert	expert	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 inspection	amod
7	inspection	inspection	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 conditional	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 property	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 property	det
10	property	property	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 inspection	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	inspect			the property					nom inspection «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

An offer which is binding irrespective of any defects that may be found

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 offer	det
2	offer	offer	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 binding	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 binding	aux
5	binding	bind	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 offer	acl:relcl
6	irrespective	irrespective	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 binding	xcomp
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 defects	case
8	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	9 defects	det
9	defects	defect	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 irrespective	obl
10	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 found	nsubj:pass
11	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 found	aux
12	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 found	aux:pass
13	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 defects	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bind	present · progressive	a offer					irrespective property	vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
2	find	may · passive		any defects					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic

Option 3

An offer which concludes the sale on the same day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 offer	det
2	offer	offer	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 concludes	nsubj
4	concludes	conclude	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 offer	acl:relcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sale	det
6	sale	sale	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 concludes	obj
7	on	on	ADP	_	10 day	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 day	det
9	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 day	amod
10	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 concludes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conclude	present	a offer	the sale			day		vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sale=Theme

Option 4

An offer made by the vendor to the purchaser

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 offer	det
2	offer	offer	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 offer	acl
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 vendor	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 vendor	det
6	vendor	vendor	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 made	obl
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 purchaser	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 purchaser	det
9	purchaser	purchaser	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 vendor	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	participle		a offer not said here				by the vendor to the purchaser	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset

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