Exam question 3 · Word classes: the jobs words do

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the word «my» in «my dog».

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, word

This is exam question 3 of lesson 27 «Word classes: the jobs words do» 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	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 word	det
11	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	«	«	PUNCT	_	18 dog	punct
13	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 dog	nmod:poss
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	18 dog	punct
15	in	in	ADP	_	18 dog	case
16	«	«	PUNCT	_	18 dog	punct
17	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 dog	nmod:poss
18	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 word	appos
19	»	»	PUNCT	_	18 dog	punct
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the word		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus word=Experiencer

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

It functions as a possessive determiner

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 functions	nsubj
2	functions	function	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	as	as	ADP	_	6 determiner	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 determiner	det
5	possessive	possessive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 determiner	amod
6	determiner	determiner	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 functions	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	function	present	It					as a possessive determiner	vn masquerade-29.6 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as determiner=Attribute

Option 2

It functions as a proper noun

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 functions	nsubj
2	functions	function	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	as	as	ADP	_	6 noun	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 noun	det
5	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 noun	amod
6	noun	noun	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 functions	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	function	present	It					as a proper noun	vn masquerade-29.6 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as noun=Attribute

Option 3

It functions as a verb

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 functions	nsubj
2	functions	function	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	as	as	ADP	_	5 verb	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 verb	det
5	verb	verb	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 functions	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	function	present	It					as a verb	vn masquerade-29.6 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as verb=Attribute

Option 4

It functions as a conjunction

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 functions	nsubj
2	functions	function	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	as	as	ADP	_	5 conjunction	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 conjunction	det
5	conjunction	conjunction	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 functions	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	function	present	It					as a conjunction	vn masquerade-29.6 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as conjunction=Attribute

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