Exam question 2 · Learning a skill, and coins and notes

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the value of a coin?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris, value · To what, where: value, coin

This is exam question 2 of lesson 260 «Learning a skill, and coins and notes» 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 value	det
10	value	value	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 coin	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 coin	det
13	coin	coin	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 value	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 value of a coin	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	value		a coin		nom value «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

Heavier coins are of greater value

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Heavier	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 coins	amod
2	coins	coin	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 value	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 value	cop
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 value	case
5	greater	great	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 value	amod
6	value	value	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Heavier coins					of greater value	tree rules

Option 2

Older coins are of greater value than newly minted coins of the same kind

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Older	old	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 coins	amod
2	coins	coin	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 value	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 value	cop
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 value	case
5	greater	great	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 value	amod
6	value	value	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	than	than	ADP	_	10 coins	case
8	newly	newly	ADV	_	9 minted	advmod
9	minted	mint	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 coins	amod
10	coins	coin	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 value	nmod
11	of	of	ADP	_	14 kind	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 kind	det
13	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 kind	amod
14	kind	kind	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 coins	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	Older coins		of greater value; than minted coins of the same kind	tree rules
2	mint	participle			newly property	tree rules
3	coin			the same kind		nom coin «possession transitive»: of=patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It is shown by the number upon it, not by its size

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 shown	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 shown	aux:pass
3	shown	show	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 number	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 number	det
6	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shown	obl
7	upon	upon	ADP	_	8 it	case
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 number	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 size	punct
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 size	advmod
11	by	by	ADP	_	13 size	case
12	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 size	nmod:poss
13	size	size	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shown	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present · passive	the number upon number	It				by number's size	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient

Option 4

Larger coins are invariably of greater value

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Larger	large	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 coins	amod
2	coins	coin	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 invariably	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 invariably	cop
4	invariably	invariably	ADV	PronType=Dem	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 value	case
6	greater	great	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 value	amod
7	value	value	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 invariably	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Larger coins					of greater value; invariably property	tree rules

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