Exam question 1 · Paragraphs and cohesion: holding a text together

Identify the principal function of a paragraph.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify · To what, where: principal function

This is exam question 1 of lesson 37 «Paragraphs and cohesion: holding a text together» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 function	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 function	amod
4	function	function	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 paragraph	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 paragraph	det
7	paragraph	paragraph	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 function	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal function of a paragraph					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent function=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

To group sentences concerning a single main idea

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	3 sentences	mark
2	group	group	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sentences	compound
3	sentences	sentence	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 sentences	acl
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 idea	det
6	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 idea	amod
7	main	main	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 idea	amod
8	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 concerning	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	concern	gerund	group sentences not said here	a single main idea					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus idea=Experiencer

Option 2

To indicate that a sentence is a question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 indicate	mark
2	indicate	indicate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 question	csubj
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	5 sentence	mark
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 sentence	det
5	sentence	sentence	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 indicate	ccomp
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 question	cop
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 question	det
8	question	question	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	indicate	to-infinitive							vn indicate-78-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot
2	be speech: other	present		a question					tree rules

Option 3

To mark the omission of letters

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 mark	mark
2	mark	mark	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 omission	det
4	omission	omission	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 mark	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 letters	case
6	letters	letter	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 omission	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mark	to-infinitive		the omission of letters					vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent omission=Destination
2	omit			letters					nom omission «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

To separate the items of a list

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 separate	mark
2	separate	separate	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 items	det
4	items	item	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 separate	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 list	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 list	det
7	list	list	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 items	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	separate	to-infinitive		the items of a list					vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent item=Patient

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