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

Identify the principal derivation of the word «business».

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify · To what, where: principal derivation

This is exam question 3 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 derivation	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 derivation	amod
4	derivation	derivation	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 word	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 word	det
7	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 derivation	nmod
8	«	«	PUNCT	_	9 business	punct
9	business	business	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 word	appos
10	»	»	PUNCT	_	9 business	punct
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal derivation of the word					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent derivation=Theme

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 noun «bus» with the suffix -iness

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 noun	det
2	noun	noun	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 bus	punct
4	bus	bus	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 noun	appos
5	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 bus	punct
6	with	with	ADP	_	10 iness	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 iness	det
8	suffix	suffix	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 iness	compound
9	-	-	PUNCT	_	8 suffix	punct
10	iness	iness	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 noun	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The adjective «busy» with the suffix -ness

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 adjective	det
2	adjective	adjective	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 busy	nsubj
3	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 busy	punct
4	busy	busy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 busy	punct
6	with	with	ADP	_	10 ness	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 ness	det
8	suffix	suffix	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 ness	compound
9	-	-	PUNCT	_	8 suffix	punct
10	ness	ness	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 busy	obl

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

A word borrowed from Latin

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 word	det
2	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	borrowed	borrow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 word	acl
4	from	from	ADP	_	5 Latin	case
5	Latin	Latin	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 borrowed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	borrow	participle		a word not said here		Latin			vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from latin=Source

Option 4

The verb «buzz» with the suffix -ness

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 verb	det
2	verb	verb	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 buzz	punct
4	buzz	buzz	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 verb	appos
5	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 buzz	punct
6	with	with	ADP	_	10 ness	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 ness	det
8	suffix	suffix	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 ness	compound
9	-	-	PUNCT	_	8 suffix	punct
10	ness	ness	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 verb	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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