Exam question 1 · Words to know, Years 3–4 (the statutory list, by idea)

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the statutory spelling list for Years 3 and 4.

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

This is exam question 1 of lesson 13 «Words to know, Years 3–4 (the statutory list, by idea)» of the English 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	13 list	det
11	statutory	statutory	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 list	amod
12	spelling	spelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 list	compound
13	list	list	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
14	for	for	ADP	_	15 Years	case
15	Years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 concerning	obl
16	3	3	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	15 Years	nummod
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 4	cc
18	4	4	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	16 3	conj
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	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 statutory spelling list	year		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus list=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 comprises only words of more than four syllables

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 comprises	nsubj
2	comprises	comprise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	only	only	ADV	_	4 words	advmod
4	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 comprises	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	9 syllables	case
6	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp ExtPos=ADV	8 four	advmod
7	than	than	ADP	_	6 more	fixed
8	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 syllables	nummod
9	syllables	syllable	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 words	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	comprise	present	It	words of four syllables					vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme word=Pivot
2	word			four syllables					nom word «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It comprises approximately one hundred words in frequent use in pupils' writing

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 comprises	nsubj
2	comprises	comprise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	approximately	approximately	ADV	_	5 hundred	advmod
4	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 hundred	compound
5	hundred	hundred	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 words	nummod
6	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 comprises	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 use	case
8	frequent	frequent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 use	amod
9	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 words	nmod
10	in	in	ADP	_	13 writing	case
11	pupils	pupil	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 writing	nmod:poss
12	'	's	PART	_	11 pupils	case
13	writing	writing	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 use	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	comprise	present	It	hundred words		frequent use in pupils's writing			vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme word=Pivot
2	write		pupils						nom writing «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

It comprises words selected at random each year by the examination boards for the purpose of testing

The tree, 17 words

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 comprises	nsubj
2	comprises	comprise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 comprises	obj
4	selected	select	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 words	acl
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 random	case
6	random	random	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 selected	obl
7	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	8 year	det
8	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 comprises	obl:unmarked
9	by	by	ADP	_	11 examination	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 examination	det
11	examination	examination	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 boards	obl
12	boards	board	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 comprises	parataxis
13	for	for	ADP	_	15 purpose	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 purpose	det
15	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 boards	obl
16	of	of	ADP	_	17 testing	case
17	testing	testing	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 purpose	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	comprise	present	It	words		year		vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme word=Pivot
2	select	participle		words not said here	random			vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	board	present					by the examination; for the purpose of testing	vn odge-46-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme
4	purpose		testing					nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: of=agent

Option 4

It comprises approximately one thousand words of exceptional rarity

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 comprises	nsubj
2	comprises	comprise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	approximately	approximately	ADV	_	5 thousand	advmod
4	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 thousand	compound
5	thousand	thousand	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 words	nummod
6	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 comprises	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 rarity	case
8	exceptional	exceptional	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 rarity	amod
9	rarity	rarity	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 words	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	comprise	present	It	thousand words of exceptional rarity					vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme word=Pivot
2	word			exceptional rarity					nom word «communication transitive»: of=patient

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