Exam question 2 · Compliments and respecting differences

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises religious clothing such as a headscarf, turban or kippah?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: religious clothing

This is exam question 2 of lesson 226 «Compliments and respecting differences» 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	religious	religious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 clothing	amod
10	clothing	clothing	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	14 headscarf	case
12	as	as	ADP	_	11 such	fixed
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 headscarf	det
14	headscarf	headscarf	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 clothing	nmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 turban	punct
16	turban	turban	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 headscarf	conj
17	or	or	CCONJ	_	18 kippah	cc
18	kippah	kippah	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 headscarf	conj
19	?	?	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		religious clothing				of the following statements; such a headscarf and turban or kippah; 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

It is worn only by adults

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 worn	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 worn	aux:pass
3	worn	wear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	only	only	ADV	_	3 worn	advmod
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 adults	case
6	adults	adult	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 worn	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wear	present · passive	adults	It					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

Option 2

It may be removed by others as a joke

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 removed	nsubj:pass
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 removed	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 removed	aux:pass
4	removed	remove	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 others	case
6	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 removed	obl
7	as	as	ADP	_	9 joke	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 joke	det
9	joke	joke	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 removed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remove	may · passive	others	It				as a joke	vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent subject=Theme as joke=Attribute

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It is important to its wearer and is to be treated as normal

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 important	expl
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 important	cop
3	important	important	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 wearer	case
5	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 wearer	nmod:poss
6	wearer	wearer	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 important	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 treated	cc
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 treated	aux:pass
9	to	to	PART	_	11 treated	mark
10	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	11 treated	aux:pass
11	treated	treat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 important	conj
12	as	as	ADP	_	13 normal	case
13	normal	normal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 treated	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						to its wearer; important property	tree rules
2	treat	present · passive						as normal	vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: as normal=Attribute

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

It is a costume worn only on festivals

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 costume	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 costume	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 costume	det
4	costume	costume	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	worn	wear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 costume	acl
6	only	only	ADV	_	8 festivals	advmod
7	on	on	ADP	_	8 festivals	case
8	festivals	festival	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 worn	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a costume					tree rules
2	wear	participle	a costume not said here	festivals					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent festival=Source

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