Exam question 3 · The royal family in the news: a queen's death, a coronatio…

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the Princess of Wales in 2024.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, Princess, 2024

This is exam question 3 of lesson 45 «The royal family in the news: a queen's death, a coronation, titles lost and illnesses announced» 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Princess	det
11	Princess	Princess	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 Wales	case
13	Wales	Wales	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 Princess	nmod
14	in	in	ADP	_	15 2024	case
15	2024	2024	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	9 concerning	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response		consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle					vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the Princess of Wales	2024		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus princess=Experiencer

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

She announced a cancer diagnosis and a course of chemotherapy, and later its completion

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 announced	nsubj
2	announced	announce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 diagnosis	det
4	cancer	cancer	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 diagnosis	compound
5	diagnosis	diagnosis	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 announced	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 course	cc
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 course	det
8	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 diagnosis	conj
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 chemotherapy	case
10	chemotherapy	chemotherapy	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 course	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 later	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 later	cc
13	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	15 completion	advmod
14	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 completion	nmod:poss
15	completion	completion	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 announced	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	announce speech: other	past	She	a cancer diagnosis and a course of chemotherapy				chemotherapy's completion obl	vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent diagnosis=Theme
2	complete		chemotherapy						nom completion «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

She relinquished her title in consequence of her illness

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 relinquished	nsubj
2	relinquished	relinquish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 title	nmod:poss
4	title	title	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 relinquished	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 consequence	case
6	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 relinquished	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 illness	case
8	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 illness	nmod:poss
9	illness	illness	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 consequence	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	relinquish	past	She	her title		consequence of her illness			vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent title=Theme
2	title		her = she						nom title «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

She was replaced at public events by a person of similar appearance and bearing for several months

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 replaced	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 replaced	aux:pass
3	replaced	replace	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 events	case
5	public	public	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 events	amod
6	events	event	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 replaced	obl
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 person	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 person	det
9	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 replaced	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 appearance	case
11	similar	similar	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 appearance	amod
12	appearance	appearance	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 person	nmod
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 bearing	cc
14	bearing	bearing	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 appearance	conj
15	for	for	ADP	_	17 months	case
16	several	several	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 months	amod
17	months	month	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 replaced	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	replace	past · passive	a person of similar appearance and bearing	She		public events	month		vn substitute-13.6.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme subject=Co-Theme

Option 4

She declined to make any statement whatsoever concerning her health

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 declined	nsubj
2	declined	decline	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 make	mark
4	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 declined	xcomp
5	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	6 statement	det
6	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 make	obj
7	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	8 concerning	advmod
8	concerning	concern	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 make	advcl
9	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 health	nmod:poss
10	health	health	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 concerning	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	decline	past	She			vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	not make	to-infinitive	She not said here	any statement		vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset statement=Product
3	concern	gerund	She not said here	her health	whatsoever property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus health=Experiencer

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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