Exam question 1 · Dates, engagements and weddings
Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the state of being engaged to be married.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, response, established facts · What happens: select, be, establish, concern, engage, marry · To what, where: response, state
This is exam question 1 of lesson 13 «Dates, engagements and weddings» 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 | 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 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 state | det |
| 13 | state | state | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 concerning | obj |
| 14 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 16 engaged | mark |
| 15 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 16 engaged | aux:pass |
| 16 | engaged | engage | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 13 state | acl |
| 17 | to | to | PART | _ | 19 married | mark |
| 18 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 19 married | aux:pass |
| 19 | married | marry | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 16 engaged | xcomp |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Select | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | 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 | the state | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus state=Experiencer | ||||
| 5 | engage | gerund · passive | the state not said here | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP to be NP»: clause=Attribute | |||||
| 6 | marry | to-infinitive · passive | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V» |
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
Two persons have been introduced for the first time
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 persons | nummod |
| 2 | persons | person | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 introduced | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 introduced | aux |
| 4 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 5 introduced | aux:pass |
| 5 | introduced | introduce | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 time | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 time | det |
| 8 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 9 time | amod |
| 9 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 introduced | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | introduce | present · perfect · passive | Two persons | time | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Two persons have promised to marry one another
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 persons | nummod |
| 2 | persons | person | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 promised | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 promised | aux |
| 4 | promised | promise | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 marry | mark |
| 6 | marry | marry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 promised | xcomp |
| 7 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 6 marry | obj |
| 8 | another | another | DET | PronType=Ind | 7 one | fixed |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | promise speech: promise | present · perfect · passive | Two persons | vn promise-37.13 «NP V NP that S»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | marry not said to happen | to-infinitive | one | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Patient |
Option 3
Two persons have resolved to separate
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 persons | nummod |
| 2 | persons | person | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 resolved | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 resolved | aux |
| 4 | resolved | resolve | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 separate | mark |
| 6 | separate | separate | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 resolved | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | resolve | present · perfect · passive | Two persons | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | separate | to-infinitive | vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
Option 4
Two persons have been lawfully married by a registrar
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 persons | nummod |
| 2 | persons | person | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 married | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 married | aux |
| 4 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 6 married | aux:pass |
| 5 | lawfully | lawfully | ADV | _ | 6 married | advmod |
| 6 | married | marry | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | by | by | ADP | _ | 9 registrar | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 registrar | det |
| 9 | registrar | registrar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 married | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | marry | present · perfect · passive | a registrar | Two persons | lawfully property | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient |
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