Exam question 1 · Blending, segmenting and the Year 1 check

Select the response which most accurately distinguishes blending from segmenting.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: select, distinguish, blend, segment · To what, where: response

This is exam question 1 of lesson 2 «Blending, segmenting and the Year 1 check» 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	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 distinguishes	obj
5	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	6 accurately	advmod
6	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	7 distinguishes	advmod
7	distinguishes	distinguish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 response	acl:relcl
8	blending	blend	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 distinguishes	xcomp
9	from	from	SCONJ	_	10 segmenting	mark
10	segmenting	segment	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 blending	advcl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	distinguish	present		the response	accurately property	tree rules
3	blend	gerund				vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
4	segment	gerund				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

Blending combines sounds to read a word, whereas segmenting separates a word into sounds in order to spell it

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Blending	blending	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 combines	compound
2	combines	combine	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 sounds	nsubj
3	sounds	sound	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 read	mark
5	read	read	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 sounds	xcomp
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 word	det
7	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 read	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 separates	punct
9	whereas	whereas	SCONJ	_	11 separates	mark
10	segmenting	segment	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 separates	nsubj
11	separates	separate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 sounds	conj
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 word	det
13	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 separates	obj
14	into	into	ADP	_	15 sounds	case
15	sounds	sound	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 separates	obl
16	in	in	ADP	_	17 order	case
17	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 separates	obl
18	to	to	PART	_	19 spell	mark
19	spell	spell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 separates	advcl
20	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 spell	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	sound	present	Blending combines			tree rules
2	read	to-infinitive	Blending combines not said here	a word		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Topic
3	segment	gerund				tree rules
4	separate	present		a word	into sounds goal; in order	vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent word=Theme into sound=Goal
5	spell	to-infinitive		word		vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 2

Segmenting combines sounds to read, whereas blending separates them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Segmenting	segment	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 sounds	csubj
2	combines	combine	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Segmenting	obj
3	sounds	sound	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 read	mark
5	read	read	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 sounds	xcomp
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 separates	punct
7	whereas	whereas	SCONJ	_	9 separates	mark
8	blending	blending	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 separates	nsubj
9	separates	separate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 sounds	conj
10	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 separates	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	segment	gerund		combines	tree rules
2	sound	present	Segmenting		tree rules
3	read	to-infinitive	Segmenting not said here		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	separate	present	blending	combines = combine	vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient

Option 3

Blending and segmenting are two names for an identical process, employed in reading and in spelling alike, without distinction

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Blending	blend	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 names	advcl
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 segmenting	cc
3	segmenting	segment	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Blending	conj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 names	cop
5	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 names	nummod
6	names	name	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
7	for	for	ADP	_	10 process	case
8	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 process	det
9	identical	identical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 process	amod
10	process	process	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 names	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 employed	punct
12	employed	employ	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 process	acl
13	in	in	ADP	_	14 reading	case
14	reading	reading	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 employed	obl
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 spelling	cc
16	in	in	ADP	_	17 spelling	case
17	spelling	spelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 reading	conj
18	alike	alike	ADV	_	12 employed	advmod
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 distinction	punct
20	without	without	ADP	_	21 distinction	case
21	distinction	distinction	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 employed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	blend	gerund				vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	segment	gerund				tree rules
3	is a	present	two names		for a identical process	tree rules
4	employ	participle	a identical process not said here	reading and spelling	without distinction; alike property	vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Blending pertains to handwriting, whereas segmenting pertains to punctuation

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Blending	blending	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pertains	nsubj
2	pertains	pertain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	4 handwriting	case
4	handwriting	handwriting	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pertains	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 pertains	punct
6	whereas	whereas	SCONJ	_	8 pertains	mark
7	segmenting	segment	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 pertains	nsubj
8	pertains	pertain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 pertains	conj
9	to	to	ADP	_	10 punctuation	case
10	punctuation	punctuation	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 pertains	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	pertain	present	Blending	to handwriting	vn relate-86.2-2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme to handwriting=Co-Theme
2	segment	gerund			tree rules
3	pertain	present		to punctuation	vn relate-86.2-2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme to punctuation=Co-Theme

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