Exam question 1 · Describing: senses, showing and precise words

Identify the description that employs the sense of hearing.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, description · What happens: identify, employ, sense · To what, where: description, sense, hearing

This is exam question 1 of lesson 41 «Describing: senses, showing and precise words» 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	3 description	det
3	description	description	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 employs	nsubj
5	employs	employ	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 description	acl:relcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sense	det
7	sense	sense	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 employs	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 hearing	case
9	hearing	hearing	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sense	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the description	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent description=Theme
2	employ	present	the description	the sense of hearing	vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sense=Theme
3	sense			hearing	nom sense «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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

The floorboards creaked beneath his boots.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 floorboards	det
2	floorboards	floorboard	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 creaked	nsubj
3	creaked	creak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	6 boots	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 boots	nmod:poss
6	boots	boot	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 creaked	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 creaked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	creak	past	the floorboards			his boots			vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme beneath boot=Location

Option 2

The floorboards were brown and old.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 floorboards	det
2	floorboards	floorboard	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 brown	nsubj
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 brown	cop
4	brown	brown	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 old	cc
6	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 brown	conj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 brown	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the floorboards					brown property	tree rules
2	be		the floorboards not said here						tree rules

Option 3

The floorboards were rough beneath his feet.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 floorboards	det
2	floorboards	floorboard	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 rough	nsubj
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 rough	cop
4	rough	rough	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	7 feet	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 feet	nmod:poss
7	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 rough	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 rough	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the floorboards					beneath his feet; rough property	tree rules

Option 4

The floorboards smelled of wax polish.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 floorboards	det
2	floorboards	floorboard	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	smelled	smell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 floorboards	acl
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 polish	case
5	wax	wax	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 polish	compound
6	polish	polish	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 smelled	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 floorboards	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	smell	participle		the floorboards not said here				of wax polish	vn smell_emission-43.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Location of polish=Theme

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