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

Which of the following methods most accurately verifies that a pupil both spells and comprehends a word from the list?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, verify, comprehend · To what, where: pupil, word, list

This is exam question 4 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 verifies	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 methods	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 methods	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 methods	amod
5	methods	method	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 verifies	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 verifies	advmod
8	verifies	verify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	that	that	SCONJ	_	11 pupil	mark
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 pupil	det
11	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 verifies	obj
12	both	both	CCONJ	_	13 spells	cc:preconj
13	spells	spell	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 pupil	conj
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 comprehends	cc
15	comprehends	comprehend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 verifies	conj
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 word	det
17	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 comprehends	obj
18	from	from	ADP	_	20 list	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 list	det
20	list	list	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 word	nmod
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 verifies	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	verify	present	a pupil both spells		of the following methods; accurately property	vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot pupil=Topic
3	comprehend	present	a word	the list		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer word=Stimulus

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

The location of the word in an index

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 location	det
2	location	location	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 word	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 word	det
5	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 location	nmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 index	case
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 index	det
8	index	index	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 word	nmod

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

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

The copying of the word on ten successive occasions without reference to its meaning

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 copying	det
2	copying	copying	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 word	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 word	det
5	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 copying	nmod
6	on	on	ADP	_	9 occasions	case
7	ten	ten	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 occasions	nummod
8	successive	successive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 occasions	amod
9	occasions	occasion	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 word	nmod
10	without	without	ADP	_	11 reference	case
11	reference	reference	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 occasions	nmod
12	to	to	ADP	_	14 meaning	case
13	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 meaning	nmod:poss
14	meaning	meaning	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 reference	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	copy			the word on ten successive occasions without reference to reference's meaning					nom copying «act transitive»: of=patient
2	mean		reference						nom meaning «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The composition by the pupil of a sentence employing the word

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 composition	det
2	composition	composition	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	by	by	ADP	_	5 pupil	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 pupil	det
5	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 composition	nmod
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 sentence	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 sentence	det
8	sentence	sentence	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pupil	nmod
9	employing	employ	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 composition	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 word	det
11	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 employing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	employ	gerund	the composition by the pupil of a sentence not said here	the word					vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Theme

Option 4

The recitation of the word letter by letter at speed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 recitation	det
2	recitation	recitation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 letter	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 letter	det
5	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 letter	compound
6	letter	letter	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 recitation	nmod
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 letter	case
8	letter	letter	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 letter	nmod
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 speed	case
10	speed	speed	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 letter	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	recite			the word letter by letter at speed					nom recitation «communication transitive»: of=patient
2	letter		letter at speed						nom letter «communication transitive»: by=agent

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