Exam question 3 · Fronted adverbials

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the sentence «Carefully, carried the eggs».

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, carry · To what, where: response, sentence, eggs · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 3 of lesson 29 «Fronted adverbials» 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 sentence	det
11	sentence	sentence	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	«	«	PUNCT	_	15 carried	punct
13	Carefully	carefully	ADV	_	15 carried	advmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 carried	punct
15	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 sentence	parataxis
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 eggs	det
17	eggs	egg	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 carried	obj
18	»	»	PUNCT	_	15 carried	punct
19	.	.	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 sentence		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus sentence=Experiencer
4	carry in a quote	past		the eggs	carefully property	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent egg=Theme

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 right answer

It lacks a subject and is therefore incomplete

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 lacks	nsubj
2	lacks	lack	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 subject	det
4	subject	subject	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lacks	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 therefore	cc
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 therefore	cop
7	therefore	therefore	ADV	_	2 lacks	advmod
8	incomplete	incomplete	ADV	_	7 therefore	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lack	present	It	a subject					tree rules
2	is	present						incomplete, therefore property	tree rules

Option 2

It contains no adverbial of any kind

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 contains	nsubj
2	contains	contain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 adverbial	det
4	adverbial	adverbial	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 contains	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 kind	case
6	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	7 kind	det
7	kind	kind	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 adverbial	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	contain	present	It	no adverbial of any kind					vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot adverbial=Theme

Option 3

It is complete and correctly punctuated

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	3 complete	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 complete	cop
3	complete	complete	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 punctuated	cc
5	correctly	correctly	ADV	_	6 punctuated	advmod
6	punctuated	punctuate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 complete	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					complete property	tree rules
2	punctuate	participle						correctly property	vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

It contains no 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 contains	nsubj
2	contains	contain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 verb	det
4	verb	verb	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 contains	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	contain	present	It	no verb					vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot verb=Theme

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