Exam question 3 · Museums and galleries: how to visit and what is there

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the status of a painting held by a public museum?

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

This is exam question 3 of lesson 17 «Museums and galleries: how to visit and what is there» 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 status	det
10	status	status	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 painting	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 painting	det
13	painting	painting	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 status	nmod
14	held	hold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 painting	acl
15	by	by	ADP	_	18 museum	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 museum	det
17	public	public	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 museum	amod
18	museum	museum	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 held	obl
19	?	?	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 status of a painting	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	hold	participle	a painting not said here	by a public museum	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by museum=Location

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 offered for sale to the highest bidder upon request

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	3 offered	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 offered	aux:pass
3	offered	offer	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 sale	case
5	sale	sale	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 offered	obl
6	to	to	ADP	_	9 bidder	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 bidder	det
8	highest	high	ADJ	Degree=Sup	9 bidder	amod
9	bidder	bidder	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 offered	obl
10	upon	upon	ADP	_	11 request	case
11	request	request	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 bidder	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	offer	present · passive		It				to the highest bidder upon request goal; for sale	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: subject=Theme to bidder=Goal

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It is ordinarily the property of the museum or the nation and is not offered for sale

The tree, 17 words

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 property	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 property	cop
3	ordinarily	ordinarily	ADV	_	5 property	advmod
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 property	det
5	property	property	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 museum	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 museum	det
8	museum	museum	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 property	nmod
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 nation	cc
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 nation	det
11	nation	nation	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 museum	conj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 offered	cc
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 offered	aux:pass
14	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 offered	advmod
15	offered	offer	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 property	conj
16	for	for	ADP	_	17 sale	case
17	sale	sale	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 offered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	the property				of the museum or the nation; ordinarily property	tree rules
2	not offer	present · passive						for sale goal	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: for sale=Goal

Option 3

It may be removed by any visitor who pays the admission charge

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 removed	nsubj:pass
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 removed	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 removed	aux:pass
4	removed	remove	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 visitor	case
6	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	7 visitor	det
7	visitor	visitor	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 removed	obl
8	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 pays	nsubj
9	pays	pay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 visitor	acl:relcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 charge	det
11	admission	admission	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 charge	compound
12	charge	charge	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 pays	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remove	may · passive	any visitor	It					vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
2	pay	present	any visitor	the admission charge					vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent charge=Asset

Option 4

It is the private property of the attendant

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 property	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 property	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 property	det
4	private	private	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 property	amod
5	property	property	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 attendant	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 attendant	det
8	attendant	attendant	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 property	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	the private property				of the attendant	tree rules

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