Exam question 1 · Finding your way with landmarks

Which of the following most accurately characterises a suitable landmark for the purpose of finding one's way?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: purpose, one · What happens: follow, be, find · To what, where: way · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 1 of lesson 16 «Finding your way with landmarks» 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	10 landmark	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	10 landmark	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 landmark	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 landmark	case
5	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	6 accurately	advmod
6	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	10 landmark	advmod
7	characterises	characteris	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 landmark	cop
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 landmark	det
9	suitable	suitable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 landmark	amod
10	landmark	landmark	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
11	for	for	ADP	_	13 purpose	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 purpose	det
13	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 landmark	nmod
14	of	of	SCONJ	_	15 finding	mark
15	finding	find	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	13 purpose	acl
16	one	one	PRON	Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 way	nsubj
17	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 way	cop
18	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 finding	ccomp
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	10 landmark	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present			of the suitable landmark; for the purpose; accurately property	tree rules
3	find	gerund	the purpose not said here			vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent
4	is a	present	one	way		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

A cloud of unusual shape above the route

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 cloud	det
2	cloud	cloud	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 shape	case
4	unusual	unusual	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 shape	amod
5	shape	shape	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cloud	nmod
6	above	above	ADP	_	8 route	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 route	det
8	route	route	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 shape	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cloud			unusual shape above the route					nom cloud «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

A feature that is readily recognisable and does not move, such as a tower or a bridge

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 feature	det
2	feature	feature	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 recognisable	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 recognisable	cop
5	readily	readily	ADV	_	6 recognisable	advmod
6	recognisable	recognisable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 feature	acl:relcl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 move	cc
8	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 move	aux
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 move	advmod
10	move	move	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 recognisable	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 tower	punct
12	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	15 tower	case
13	as	as	ADP	_	12 such	fixed
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 tower	det
15	tower	tower	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 recognisable	parataxis
16	or	or	CCONJ	_	18 bridge	cc
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 bridge	det
18	bridge	bridge	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 tower	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	a feature					readily, recognisable property	tree rules
2	not move	present · do-support	a feature not said here						vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

A dog that is seen upon a particular street

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 dog	det
2	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 seen	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 seen	aux:pass
5	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 dog	acl:relcl
6	upon	upon	ADP	_	9 street	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 street	det
8	particular	particular	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 street	amod
9	street	street	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 seen	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	present · passive		a dog				upon a particular street	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus

Option 4

A parked vehicle of a distinctive colour

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 vehicle	det
2	parked	park	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 vehicle	amod
3	vehicle	vehicle	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 colour	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 colour	det
6	distinctive	distinctive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 colour	amod
7	colour	colour	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 vehicle	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	park	participle							vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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