Exam question 2 · Editing and redrafting

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the practice of professional authors?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris, practice · To what, where: practice, professional authors

This is exam question 2 of lesson 43 «Editing and redrafting» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 practice	det
10	practice	practice	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 authors	case
12	professional	professional	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 authors	amod
13	authors	author	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 practice	nmod
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the practice of professional authors	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	practice		professional authors		nom practice «act 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

They customarily revise their work on numerous occasions

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 revise	nsubj
2	customarily	customarily	ADV	_	3 revise	advmod
3	revise	revise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 work	nmod:poss
5	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 revise	obj
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 occasions	case
7	numerous	numerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 occasions	amod
8	occasions	occasion	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 revise	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	revise	present	They	their work		numerous occasions		customarily property	vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent work=Patient
2	work		their = they						nom work «act intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

They never permit others to read their drafts

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 permit	nsubj
2	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	3 permit	advmod
3	permit	permit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 permit	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 read	mark
6	read	read	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 permit	advcl
7	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 drafts	nmod:poss
8	drafts	draft	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 read	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	not permit	present	They	others	vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent other=Theme
2	read	to-infinitive	They not said here	others's drafts	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent draft=Topic
3	draft		others = other		nom draft «possession transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

They invariably compose a perfect first draft

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 compose	nsubj
2	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	3 compose	advmod
3	compose	compose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 draft	det
5	perfect	perfect	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 draft	amod
6	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	7 draft	amod
7	draft	draft	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 compose	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	compose	present	They	a perfect first draft				invariably property	vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent draft=Result

Option 4

They submit their work without reading it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 submit	nsubj
2	submit	submit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 work	nmod:poss
4	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 submit	obj
5	without	without	SCONJ	_	6 reading	mark
6	reading	read	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 submit	advcl
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 reading	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	submit	present	They	their work	vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent work=Theme
2	read	gerund	They not said here	work	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic
3	work		their = they		nom work «act intransitive»: poss=agent

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