Exam question 3 · The body

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the word "pìgu"?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: word

This is exam question 3 of lesson 18 «The body» of the Chinese street 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 word	det
10	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 pìgu	punct
12	pìgu	pìgu	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 word	appos
13	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 pìgu	punct
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 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 word				of the following statements; 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 · ✓ the right answer

It is a childish term for the bottom, not considered obscene

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 term	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 term	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 term	det
4	childish	childish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 term	amod
5	term	term	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 bottom	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 bottom	det
8	bottom	bottom	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 term	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 considered	punct
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 considered	advmod
11	considered	consider	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 term	conj
12	obscene	obscene	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 considered	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a childish term				for the bottom	tree rules
2	not consider	participle						obscene property	vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V whether/if S»: agent=Agent

Option 2

It is a formal medical term for the leg

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	6 term	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 term	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 term	det
4	formal	formal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 term	amod
5	medical	medical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 term	amod
6	term	term	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 leg	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 leg	det
9	leg	leg	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 term	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a formal medical term				for the leg	tree rules

Option 3

It denotes the stomach

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 denotes	nsubj
2	denotes	denote	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 stomach	det
4	stomach	stomach	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 denotes	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	denote	present	It	the stomach					vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot stomach=Topic

Option 4

It is a grave obscenity, never to be uttered by children

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 obscenity	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 obscenity	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 obscenity	det
4	grave	grave	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 obscenity	amod
5	obscenity	obscenity	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 uttered	punct
7	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	10 uttered	advmod
8	to	to	PART	_	10 uttered	mark
9	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 uttered	aux:pass
10	uttered	utter	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 obscenity	conj
11	by	by	ADP	_	12 children	case
12	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 uttered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a grave obscenity					tree rules
2	not utter speech: other	to-infinitive · passive	children						vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent

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