Exam question 3 · Birthday parties

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the significance of a present?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: significance

This is exam question 3 of lesson 130 «Birthday parties» of the everyday 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 significance	det
10	significance	significance	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 present	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 present	det
13	present	present	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 significance	nmod
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the significance of a present				of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules

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

A present is worthless if it is homemade

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 present	det
2	present	present	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 worthless	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 worthless	cop
4	worthless	worthless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	8 homemade	mark
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 homemade	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 homemade	cop
8	homemade	homemade	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 worthless	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	a present					worthless property	tree rules
2	is a condition, not said to happen	present	present					homemade property	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The thought matters, not the price

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 thought	det
2	thought	thought	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 matters	nsubj
3	matters	matter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 price	punct
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 price	advmod
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 price	det
7	price	price	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 matters	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	matter	present	the thought						vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus

Option 3

A present's price should be told to all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 present	det
2	present	present	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 price	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 present	case
4	price	price	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 told	nsubj:pass
5	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 told	aux
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 told	aux:pass
7	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	to	to	ADP	_	9 all	case
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 told	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	should · passive		a present's price	all				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Topic to all=Recipient

Option 4

The most expensive gift is the best gift

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 gift	det
2	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	3 expensive	advmod
3	expensive	expensive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 gift	amod
4	gift	gift	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 gift	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 gift	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 gift	det
7	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	8 gift	amod
8	gift	gift	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the expensive gift	the best gift					tree rules

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