Exam question 1 · Reading non-fiction: recount, instructions, report

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a recount?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: recount

This is exam question 1 of lesson 23 «Reading non-fiction: recount, instructions, report» 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 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 recount	det
10	recount	recount	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		a recount				of the following statements; accurately property	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

A set of numbered directions

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 set	det
2	set	set	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 directions	case
4	numbered	number	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 directions	amod
5	directions	direction	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 set	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	number	participle							vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

A collection of opinions

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 collection	det
2	collection	collection	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 opinions	case
4	opinions	opinion	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 collection	nmod

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

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

A retelling of actual events arranged in chronological order

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 retelling	det
2	retelling	retelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 arranged	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 events	case
4	actual	actual	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 events	amod
5	events	event	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 retelling	nmod
6	arranged	arrange	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 order	case
8	chronological	chronological	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 order	amod
9	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 arranged	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	arrange	participle	a retelling of actual events			chronological order			vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in order=Destination

Option 4

A fictional narrative concerning imaginary creatures in a faraway land

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 narrative	det
2	fictional	fictional	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 narrative	amod
3	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 narrative	acl
5	imaginary	imaginary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 creatures	amod
6	creatures	creature	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 concerning	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	10 land	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 land	det
9	faraway	faraway	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 land	amod
10	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 concerning	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	concern	gerund	a fictional narrative not said here	imaginary creatures		a faraway land			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus creature=Experiencer

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