Exam question 2 · Show day: the exhibition, the concert and the big arts quiz

Which of the following most accurately characterises the dimensions of the Mona Lisa?

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

This is exam question 2 of lesson 40 «Show day: the exhibition, the concert and the big arts quiz» 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 dimensions	det
9	dimensions	dimension	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 characterises	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	13 Lisa	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Lisa	det
12	Mona	Mona	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 Lisa	compound
13	Lisa	Lisa	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 dimensions	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 dimensions of the Mona Lisa				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

It is smaller than a postage stamp

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 smaller	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 smaller	cop
3	smaller	small	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
4	than	than	ADP	_	7 stamp	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 stamp	det
6	postage	postage	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 stamp	compound
7	stamp	stamp	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 smaller	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					than a postage stamp; small property	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It is comparatively small, approximately 77 by 53 centimetres

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 small	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 small	cop
3	comparatively	comparatively	ADV	_	4 small	advmod
4	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 77	punct
6	approximately	approximately	ADV	_	7 77	advmod
7	77	77	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	4 small	obl:unmarked
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 centimetres	case
9	53	53	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	10 centimetres	nummod
10	centimetres	centimetre	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 77	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					77 by 53 centimetres obl:unmarked; comparatively, small property	tree rules

Option 3

It measures approximately ten metres in width and five metres in height

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 measures	nsubj
2	measures	measure	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	approximately	approximately	ADV	_	4 ten	advmod
4	ten	ten	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 metres	nummod
5	metres	metre	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 measures	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 width	case
7	width	width	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 measures	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 metres	cc
9	five	five	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 metres	nummod
10	metres	metre	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 width	conj
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 height	case
12	height	height	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 measures	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	measure	present	It	ten metres		width and five metres		in height	vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme metre=Value

Option 4

It occupies an entire wall of the Louvre

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 occupies	nsubj
2	occupies	occupy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 wall	det
4	entire	entire	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 wall	amod
5	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 occupies	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 Louvre	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Louvre	det
8	Louvre	Louvre	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 wall	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	occupy	present	It	a entire wall of the Louvre					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus wall=Experiencer

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