Exam question 1 · Our street: feuds, newcomers and stories that grow

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the process whereby «visiting a sister» becomes «emigrating permanently»?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: process · What happens: follow, characteris, visit, become, emigrate · To what, where: sister

This is exam question 1 of lesson 42 «Our street: feuds, newcomers and stories that grow» 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 process	det
10	process	process	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 becomes	nsubj
11	whereby	whereby	ADV	PronType=Int	13 visiting	advmod
12	«	«	PUNCT	_	13 visiting	punct
13	visiting	visit	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 process	acl
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 sister	det
15	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 visiting	obj
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	13 visiting	punct
17	becomes	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 characterises	conj
18	«	«	PUNCT	_	19 emigrating	punct
19	emigrating	emigrate	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	17 becomes	xcomp
20	permanently	permanently	ADV	_	19 emigrating	advmod
21	»	»	PUNCT	_	19 emigrating	punct
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present			of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	visit in a quote	gerund		a sister	whereby property	vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sister=Co-Agent
4	become	present	the process			tree rules
5	emigrate in a quote	gerund	the process not said here		permanently property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

A narrative is progressively altered in successive retellings

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 narrative	det
2	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 altered	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 altered	aux:pass
4	progressively	progressively	ADV	_	5 altered	advmod
5	altered	alter	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 retellings	case
7	successive	successive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 retellings	amod
8	retellings	retelling	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 altered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	alter	present · passive		a narrative		successive retellings		progressively property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient

Option 2

The listeners have consulted an official record of emigration

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 listeners	det
2	listeners	listener	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consulted	nsubj:pass
3	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 consulted	aux
4	consulted	consult	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 record	det
6	official	official	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 record	amod
7	record	record	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 consulted	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 emigration	case
9	emigration	emigration	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 record	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consult	present · perfect · passive		the listeners					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP.attribute»: subject=Theme record=Attribute
2	record			emigration					nom record «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

A narrative is faithfully preserved in successive retellings

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 narrative	det
2	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 preserved	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 preserved	aux:pass
4	faithfully	faithfully	ADV	_	5 preserved	advmod
5	preserved	preserve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 retellings	case
7	successive	successive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 retellings	amod
8	retellings	retelling	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 preserved	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	preserve	present · passive		a narrative		successive retellings		faithfully property	vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary

Option 4

The original speaker has deliberately misled her audience

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 speaker	det
2	original	original	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 speaker	amod
3	speaker	speaker	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 misled	nsubj
4	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 misled	aux
5	deliberately	deliberately	ADV	_	6 misled	advmod
6	misled	mislead	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 audience	nmod:poss
8	audience	audience	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 misled	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mislead	present · perfect	the original speaker	speaker's audience				deliberately property	vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent audience=Patient

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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