Exam question 3 · Drawing: lines, shapes and drawing what you really see

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the joint commonly mistaken for a backward-bending knee in the horse?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris, bend · To what, where: joint

This is exam question 3 of lesson 12 «Drawing: lines, shapes and drawing what you really see» 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	10 joint	det
10	joint	joint	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	commonly	commonly	ADV	_	12 mistaken	advmod
12	mistaken	mistaken	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 joint	amod
13	for	for	ADP	_	18 knee	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 knee	det
15	backward	backward	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 bending	amod
16	-	-	PUNCT	_	15 backward	punct
17	bending	bend	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	18 knee	amod
18	knee	knee	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 mistaken	obl
19	in	in	ADP	_	21 horse	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 horse	det
21	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 knee	nmod
22	?	?	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 joint	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	bend	gerund			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: 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

It is a joint peculiar to horses kept in captivity

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	5 peculiar	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 peculiar	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 peculiar	det
4	joint	joint	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 peculiar	amod
5	peculiar	peculiar	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 horses	case
7	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 peculiar	nmod
8	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 horses	acl
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 captivity	case
10	captivity	captivity	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 kept	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a joint peculiar				to horses	tree rules
2	keep	participle		horses not said here		captivity			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in captivity=Location

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It is the ankle, the knee being situated higher upon the limb

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	4 ankle	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 ankle	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 ankle	det
4	ankle	ankle	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 situated	nsubj:pass
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 ankle	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 knee	det
7	knee	knee	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 situated	nsubj:pass
8	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 situated	aux:pass
9	situated	situate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
10	higher	high	ADV	Degree=Cmp	9 situated	advmod
11	upon	upon	ADP	_	13 limb	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 limb	det
13	limb	limb	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 situated	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	the ankle					tree rules
2	situate	gerund · passive		the ankle		the limb		high property	vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme upon limb=Destination

Option 3

It is a knee which bends contrary to that of a human

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	4 knee	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 knee	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 knee	det
4	knee	knee	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 bends	nsubj
6	bends	bend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 knee	acl:relcl
7	contrary	contrary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 bends	xcomp
8	to	to	ADP	_	9 that	case
9	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	6 bends	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 human	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 human	det
12	human	human	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 that	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a knee					tree rules
2	bend	present	a knee			a knee		contrary property	vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to that=Location

Option 4

It is an error in the drawing having no counterpart in nature

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	4 error	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 error	cop
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 error	det
4	error	error	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 drawing	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 drawing	det
7	drawing	drawing	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 error	nmod
8	having	have	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 drawing	acl
9	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	10 counterpart	det
10	counterpart	counterpart	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 having	obj
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 nature	case
12	nature	nature	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 having	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a error		the drawing			tree rules
2	have	gerund	the drawing not said here	no counterpart		nature			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent counterpart=Patient

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