Exam question 1 · The royal family in the news: a wedding, a move to America…
Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the memoir «Spare»?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: memoir
This is exam question 1 of lesson 44 «The royal family in the news: a wedding, a move to America, an interview and a book» 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 memoir | det |
| 10 | memoir | memoir | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 characterises | obj |
| 11 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 12 Spare | punct |
| 12 | Spare | Spare | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 memoir | appos |
| 13 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 12 Spare | 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 memoir | 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 · ← Mova's choice
It constitutes an official history issued by the Palace
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 constitutes | nsubj |
| 2 | constitutes | constitute | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 history | det |
| 4 | official | official | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 history | amod |
| 5 | history | history | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 constitutes | obj |
| 6 | issued | issue | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 history | acl |
| 7 | by | by | ADP | _ | 9 Palace | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 Palace | det |
| 9 | Palace | Palace | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 issued | obl:agent |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | constitute | present | It | a official history | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme history=Pivot | ||||
| 2 | issue | participle | a official history not said here | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
It constitutes the recollections of one participant in the events
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 constitutes | nsubj |
| 2 | constitutes | constitute | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 recollections | det |
| 4 | recollections | recollection | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 constitutes | obj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 participant | case |
| 6 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 participant | nummod |
| 7 | participant | participant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 recollections | nmod |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 events | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 events | det |
| 10 | events | event | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 constitutes | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | constitute | present | It | the recollections of one participant | the events | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme recollection=Pivot | |||
| 2 | recollect | one participant | nom recollection «cognition transitive»: of=patient |
Option 3
It constitutes a jointly agreed account by the entire family
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 constitutes | nsubj |
| 2 | constitutes | constitute | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 account | det |
| 4 | jointly | jointly | ADV | _ | 5 agreed | advmod |
| 5 | agreed | agree | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 account | amod |
| 6 | account | account | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 constitutes | obj |
| 7 | by | by | ADP | _ | 10 family | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 family | det |
| 9 | entire | entire | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 family | amod |
| 10 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 constitutes | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | constitute | present | It | a agreed account | by the entire family | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme account=Pivot | |||
| 2 | agree speech: agree | participle | jointly property | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
It constitutes a work of fiction featuring invented persons
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 constitutes | nsubj |
| 2 | constitutes | constitute | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 work | det |
| 4 | work | work | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 constitutes | obj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 fiction | case |
| 6 | fiction | fiction | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 work | nmod |
| 7 | featuring | feature | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 work | acl |
| 8 | invented | invent | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 persons | amod |
| 9 | persons | person | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 featuring | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | constitute | present | It | a work of fiction | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme work=Pivot | ||||
| 2 | feature | gerund | a work of fiction not said here | invented persons | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | invent | participle | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 4 | work | fiction | nom work «act intransitive»: of=agent |
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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