Exam question 4 · Reading non-fiction: recount, instructions, report

Ascertain the function of a glossary appended to a non-chronological report.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: ascertain, append · To what, where: function, glossary

This is exam question 4 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 function	det
3	function	function	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 glossary	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 glossary	det
6	glossary	glossary	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 function	nmod
7	appended	append	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 glossary	acl
8	to	to	ADP	_	11 report	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 report	det
10	non-chronological	non-chronological	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 report	amod
11	report	report	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 appended	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the function of a glossary					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent function=Topic
2	append	participle		a glossary not said here				to a non-chronological report	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

To list the chapters

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 list	mark
2	list	list	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 chapters	det
4	chapters	chapter	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 list	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	list	to-infinitive		the chapters					tree rules

Option 2

To summarise the report's conclusions in the form of a single paragraph

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 summarise	mark
2	summarise	summarise	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 report	det
4	report	report	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 conclusions	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 report	case
6	conclusions	conclusion	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 summarise	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 form	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 form	det
9	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 summarise	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	13 paragraph	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 paragraph	det
12	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 paragraph	amod
13	paragraph	paragraph	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 form	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	summarise	to-infinitive		the report's conclusions	the form of a single paragraph	tree rules
2	conclude		the report			nom conclusion «cognition transitive»: poss=agent
3	form			a single paragraph		nom form «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

To define key terms used in the text

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 define	mark
2	define	define	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	key	key	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 terms	amod
4	terms	term	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 define	obj
5	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 terms	acl
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 text	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 text	det
8	text	text	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 used	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	define	to-infinitive		key terms					vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent term=Theme
2	use	participle		key terms not said here		the text			vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

To display photographs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 display	mark
2	display	display	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	photographs	photograph	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 display	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	display	to-infinitive		photographs					vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent photograph=Theme

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