Exam question 3 · Art as a job: who makes art, money, fame and hard work

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the prize for winning the Eurovision Song Contest.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, win · To what, where: response, prize, Song Contest

This is exam question 3 of lesson 39 «Art as a job: who makes art, money, fame and hard work» 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	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 prize	det
11	prize	prize	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	for	for	SCONJ	_	13 winning	mark
13	winning	win	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 concerning	advcl
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 Contest	det
15	Eurovision	Eurovision	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 Song	compound
16	Song	Song	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 Contest	compound
17	Contest	Contest	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 winning	obj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	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 prize		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus prize=Experiencer
4	win	gerund	the established facts not said here	the Song Contest		vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent contest=Eventuality

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 confers a residence in every participating country

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	2 confers	nsubj
2	confers	confer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 residence	det
4	residence	residence	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 confers	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 country	case
6	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	8 country	det
7	participating	participating	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 country	compound
8	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 confers	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	confer	present	It	a residence		every participating country			tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It confers fame rather than a substantial cash prize

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	2 confers	nsubj
2	confers	confer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	fame	fame	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 confers	obj
4	rather	rather	ADV	ExtPos=CCONJ	9 prize	cc
5	than	than	ADP	_	4 rather	fixed
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 prize	det
7	substantial	substantial	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 prize	amod
8	cash	cash	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 prize	compound
9	prize	prize	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 confers	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	confer	present	It	fame					tree rules

Option 3

It confers a lifelong exemption from employment

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	2 confers	nsubj
2	confers	confer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 exemption	det
4	lifelong	lifelong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 exemption	amod
5	exemption	exemption	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 confers	obj
6	from	from	ADP	_	7 employment	case
7	employment	employment	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 confers	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	confer	present	It	a lifelong exemption		employment			tree rules

Option 4

It confers one million euros upon each performer

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	2 confers	nsubj
2	confers	confer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 million	compound
4	million	million	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 euros	nummod
5	euros	euro	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 confers	obj
6	upon	upon	ADP	_	8 performer	case
7	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	8 performer	det
8	performer	performer	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 confers	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	confer	present	It	million euros				upon each performer	tree rules

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