Exam question 3 · Instruments of the world: bandura, erhu, sitar, kora, didg…

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the geographical distribution of bagpipes?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris, distribute · To what, where: geographical distribution, bagpipes

This is exam question 3 of lesson 10 «Instruments of the world: bandura, erhu, sitar, kora, didgeridoo and more» of the arts 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	11 distribution	det
10	geographical	geographical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 distribution	amod
11	distribution	distribution	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 bagpipes	case
13	bagpipes	bagpipe	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 distribution	nmod
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the geographical distribution of bagpipes	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	distribute		bagpipes		nom distribution «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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

Bagpipes are unknown outside the British Isles

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bagpipes	bagpipe	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 unknown	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 unknown	cop
3	unknown	unknown	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	outside	outside	ADP	_	7 Isles	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Isles	det
6	British	British	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 Isles	amod
7	Isles	Isle	PROPN	Number=Plur	3 unknown	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Bagpipes					outside the British Isles; unknown property	tree rules

Option 2

Bagpipes were devised in the twentieth century

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bagpipes	bagpipe	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 devised	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 devised	aux:pass
3	devised	devise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 century	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 century	det
6	twentieth	twentieth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 century	amod
7	century	century	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 devised	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	devise	past · passive		Bagpipes			century		vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Bagpipes are found in many lands, including Ireland, Galicia and Bulgaria

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bagpipes	bagpipe	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 found	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 found	aux:pass
3	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 lands	case
5	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 lands	amod
6	lands	land	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 found	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 Ireland	punct
8	including	including	ADP	_	9 Ireland	case
9	Ireland	Ireland	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 lands	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 Galicia	punct
11	Galicia	Galicia	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 Ireland	conj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 Bulgaria	cc
13	Bulgaria	Bulgaria	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 Ireland	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	present · passive		Bagpipes		many lands including Ireland and Galicia and Bulgaria			vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic

Option 4

Bagpipes are confined exclusively to Scotland and have never been played elsewhere

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bagpipes	bagpipe	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 confined	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 confined	aux:pass
3	confined	confine	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	3 confined	advmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 Scotland	case
6	Scotland	Scotland	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 confined	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 played	cc
8	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 played	aux
9	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	11 played	advmod
10	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	11 played	aux:pass
11	played	play	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 confined	conj
12	elsewhere	elsewhere	ADV	_	11 played	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	confine	present · passive		Bagpipes	Scotland			exclusively property	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to scotland=Destination
2	not play	present · perfect · passive						elsewhere property	vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»

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