Exam question 1 · What people leave behind
Identify the principal function of a will executed by a person during his or her lifetime.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, execute · To what, where: principal function
This is exam question 1 of lesson 26 «What people leave behind» 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 | SCONJ | _ | 8 executed | mark |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 executed | det |
| 7 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 executed | aux |
| 8 | executed | execute | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 function | acl |
| 9 | by | by | ADP | _ | 11 person | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 person | det |
| 11 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 executed | obl |
| 12 | during | during | ADP | _ | 16 lifetime | case |
| 13 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 lifetime | nmod:poss |
| 14 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 16 lifetime | cc |
| 15 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 lifetime | nmod:poss |
| 16 | lifetime | lifetime | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 executed | obl |
| 17 | . | . | 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 | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent function=Theme | ||||
| 2 | execute | future | the principal function not said here | during person's lifetime | by a person | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
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
To appoint a physician for the person's final illness
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 appoint | mark |
| 2 | appoint | appoint | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 physician | det |
| 4 | physician | physician | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 appoint | obj |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 illness | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 person | det |
| 7 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 illness | nmod:poss |
| 8 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 7 person | case |
| 9 | final | final | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 illness | amod |
| 10 | illness | illness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 appoint | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | appoint | to-infinitive | a physician | for the person's final illness | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent physician=Theme |
Option 2
To guarantee that the person will live a long and healthy life
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 guarantee | mark |
| 2 | guarantee | guarantee | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 7 live | mark |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 person | det |
| 5 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 live | nsubj |
| 6 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 live | aux |
| 7 | live | live | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 guarantee | advcl |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 life | det |
| 9 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 life | amod |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 healthy | cc |
| 11 | healthy | healthy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 long | conj |
| 12 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 live | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | guarantee | to-infinitive | vn ensure-99 «NP V that S»: agent=Precondition | ||||||
| 2 | live | future | the person | a long life | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme life=Location |
Option 3
To record the person's preferences in respect of meals and diet
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 record | mark |
| 2 | record | record | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 person | det |
| 4 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 preferences | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 person | case |
| 6 | preferences | preference | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 record | obj |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 respect | case |
| 8 | respect | respect | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 record | obl |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 meals | case |
| 10 | meals | meal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 respect | nmod |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 diet | cc |
| 12 | diet | diet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 respect | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | record | to-infinitive | the person's preferences | respect of meals and diet | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent preference=Theme in respect=Destination | ||||
| 2 | prefer | the person | nom preference «feeling transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 3 | respect | meals | nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
To specify the disposal of the person's property after death
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 specify | mark |
| 2 | specify | specify | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 disposal | det |
| 4 | disposal | disposal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 specify | obj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 property | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 person | det |
| 7 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 property | nmod:poss |
| 8 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 7 person | case |
| 9 | property | property | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 disposal | nmod |
| 10 | after | after | ADP | _ | 11 death | case |
| 11 | death | death | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 specify | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | specify | to-infinitive | the disposal of the person's property | after death | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent disposal=Theme |
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