Exam question 3 · Counting to 100 and lucky numbers

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the numerical sequence 520.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, numerical sequence

This is exam question 3 of lesson 7 «Counting to 100 and lucky numbers» 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	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	12 sequence	det
11	numerical	numerical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 sequence	amod
12	sequence	sequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
13	520	520	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	12 sequence	flat
14	.	.	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 numerical sequence		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus sequence=Experiencer

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 signifies farewell in written chat

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 signifies	nsubj
2	signifies	signify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	farewell	farewell	ADV	_	2 signifies	advmod
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 chat	case
5	written	write	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 chat	amod
6	chat	chat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 signifies	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	signify	present	It					in written chat; farewell property	vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot in chat=Attribute
2	write	participle							vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

It is the official emergency telephone number throughout the 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	7 number	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 number	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 number	det
4	official	official	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 number	amod
5	emergency	emergency	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 telephone	compound
6	telephone	telephone	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 number	compound
7	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	throughout	throughout	ADP	_	10 country	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 country	det
10	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 number	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	the official telephone number			throughout the country		tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Its pronunciation loosely resembles wǒ ài nǐ, used in jest about affection

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 pronunciation	nmod:poss
2	pronunciation	pronunciation	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 resembles	nsubj
3	loosely	loosely	ADV	_	4 resembles	advmod
4	resembles	resemble	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	wǒ	wǒ	X	Foreign=Yes	4 resembles	obj
6	ài	ài	X	Foreign=Yes	5 wǒ	flat
7	nǐ	nǐ	X	Foreign=Yes	5 wǒ	flat:foreign
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 used	punct
9	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 resembles	conj
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 jest	case
11	jest	jest	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 used	obl
12	about	about	ADP	_	13 affection	case
13	affection	affection	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 jest	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	resemble	present	Its pronunciation	wǒ		loosely property	tree rules
2	use	participle	Its pronunciation not said here		jest about affection		vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	pronounce		Its = it				nom pronunciation «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

It denotes a perfect examination score

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	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 score	det
4	perfect	perfect	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 score	amod
5	examination	examination	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 score	compound
6	score	score	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 denotes	obj

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

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