Exam question 3 · Dates, engagements and weddings

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the term "honeymoon"?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: term

This is exam question 3 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	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 term	det
10	term	term	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 honeymoon	punct
12	honeymoon	honeymoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 term	appos
13	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 honeymoon	punct
14	?	?	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 term				of the following statements; 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

A period of one month during which honey is consumed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 period	det
2	period	period	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 consumed	nsubj:pass
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 month	case
4	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 month	nummod
5	month	month	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 period	nmod
6	during	during	ADP	_	8 honey	case
7	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	8 honey	det
8	honey	honey	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 period	nmod
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 consumed	aux:pass
10	consumed	consume	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consume	present · passive		a period of one month during which honey					vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

A holiday undertaken by a couple immediately subsequent to their wedding

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	undertaken	undertake	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 holiday	acl
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 couple	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 couple	det
6	couple	couple	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 undertaken	obl
7	immediately	immediately	ADV	_	8 subsequent	advmod
8	subsequent	subsequent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 couple	amod
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 wedding	case
10	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 wedding	nmod:poss
11	wedding	wedding	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 subsequent	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	undertake	participle		a holiday not said here				by a couple	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	wed		their = they						nom wedding «event transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

A holiday undertaken by all guests of the wedding

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	undertaken	undertake	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 holiday	acl
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 guests	case
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 guests	det
6	guests	guest	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 undertaken	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 wedding	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 wedding	det
9	wedding	wedding	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 guests	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	undertake	participle		a holiday not said here				by all guests of the wedding	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 4

A celebration held prior to an engagement

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 celebration	det
2	celebration	celebration	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	held	hold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 celebration	acl
4	prior	prior	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	7 engagement	case
5	to	to	ADP	_	4 prior	fixed
6	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 engagement	det
7	engagement	engagement	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 held	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	participle		a celebration not said here				prior a engagement	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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