Exam question 2 · Dates, engagements and weddings

Identify the principal function of the best man upon the occasion of a wedding.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, occasion · To what, where: principal function, wedding

This is exam question 2 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 function	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 function	amod
4	function	function	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 man	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 man	det
7	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	8 man	amod
8	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 function	nmod
9	upon	upon	ADP	_	11 occasion	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 occasion	det
11	occasion	occasion	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 man	nmod
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 wedding	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 wedding	det
14	wedding	wedding	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 occasion	nmod
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal function of the best man upon the occasion of a wedding					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent function=Theme
2	occasion			a wedding					nom occasion «event transitive»: of=patient

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

To assist the groom and deliver a speech

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 assist	mark
2	assist	assist	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 deliver	advcl
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 groom	det
4	groom	groom	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 assist	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 deliver	cc
6	deliver	deliver	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 speech	det
8	speech	speech	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 deliver	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	assist	to-infinitive			the groom				vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent groom=Beneficiary
2	deliver	present		a speech					vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent speech=Patient

Option 2

To prepare the wedding breakfast

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 prepare	mark
2	prepare	prepare	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 breakfast	det
4	wedding	wedding	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 breakfast	compound
5	breakfast	breakfast	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 prepare	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prepare	to-infinitive		the wedding breakfast					vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent breakfast=Patient

Option 3

To conduct the couple upon their honeymoon

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 conduct	mark
2	conduct	conduct	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 couple	det
4	couple	couple	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 conduct	obj
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 honeymoon	case
6	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 honeymoon	nmod:poss
7	honeymoon	honeymoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 conduct	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conduct	to-infinitive		the couple		their honeymoon			vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent couple=Theme upon honeymoon=Destination

Option 4

To officiate at the ceremony of marriage

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 officiate	mark
2	officiate	officiate	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	5 ceremony	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 ceremony	det
5	ceremony	ceremony	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 officiate	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 marriage	case
7	marriage	marriage	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 ceremony	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	officiate	to-infinitive				the ceremony of marriage			vn masquerade-29.6 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent

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