Exam question 2 · Lego builds: instructions vs your own ideas

Which of the following most accurately characterises the origin of the LEGO company?

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

This is exam question 2 of lesson 32 «Lego builds: instructions vs your own ideas» 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	7 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	7 characterises	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 characterises	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 characterises	csubj
5	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	6 accurately	advmod
6	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	7 characterises	advmod
7	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 origin	det
9	origin	origin	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 characterises	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	13 company	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 company	det
12	LEGO	LEGO	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 company	compound
13	company	company	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 origin	nmod
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 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 origin of the LEGO company				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

A Chinese company founded in the present century

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 company	det
2	Chinese	Chinese	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 company	amod
3	company	company	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	founded	found	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 company	acl
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 century	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 century	det
7	present	present	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 century	amod
8	century	century	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 founded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	found	participle		a Chinese company not said here			century		vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

An American company founded in 1958

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 company	det
2	American	American	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 company	amod
3	company	company	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	founded	found	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 company	acl
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 1958	case
6	1958	1958	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	4 founded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	found	participle		a American company not said here		1958			vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

A Danish company founded in 1932 whose name derives from "leg godt"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 company	det
2	Danish	danish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 company	amod
3	company	company	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 derives	nsubj
4	founded	found	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 company	acl
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 1932	case
6	1932	1932	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	4 founded	obl
7	whose	whose	PRON	Poss=Yes PronType=Rel	8 name	nmod:poss
8	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 1932	appos
9	derives	derive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	from	from	ADP	_	13 godt	case
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 godt	punct
12	leg	leg	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 godt	compound
13	godt	godt	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 derives	obl
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 godt	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	found	participle		a Danish company not said here		1932			vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	derive	present	a Danish company			leg godt			vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: agent=Agent from godt=Material

Option 4

A company whose name derives from the English word "leg"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 company	det
2	company	company	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 derives	nsubj
3	whose	whose	PRON	Poss=Yes PronType=Rel	4 name	nmod:poss
4	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 derives	nsubj
5	derives	derive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	from	from	ADP	_	9 word	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 word	det
8	English	English	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 word	amod
9	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 derives	obl
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 leg	punct
11	leg	leg	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 word	appos
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 leg	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	derive	present	a company			the English word			vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: agent=Agent from word=Material

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