Exam question 2 · Holidays of the region

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises Anzac Day?

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

This is exam question 2 of lesson 265 «Holidays of the region» 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	Anzac	Anzac	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 Day	compound
10	Day	Day	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	?	?	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		Anzac Day				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 · ✓ the right answer

It remembers soldiers who died in wars, with dawn services

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	2 remembers	nsubj
2	remembers	remember	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 remembers	obj
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 died	nsubj
5	died	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 soldiers	acl:relcl
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 wars	case
7	wars	war	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 died	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 services	punct
9	with	with	ADP	_	11 services	case
10	dawn	dawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 services	compound
11	services	service	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 remembers	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remember	present	It	soldiers				with dawn services	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent soldier=Theme
2	die	past	soldiers					in wars	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in war=Attribute

Option 2

It marks the beginning of summer

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	2 marks	nsubj
2	marks	mark	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 beginning	det
4	beginning	beginning	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 marks	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 summer	case
6	summer	summer	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 beginning	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mark	present	It	the beginning of summer					vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent beginning=Destination
2	begin			summer					nom beginning «event transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

It marks the new year in Australia and is celebrated with fireworks

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	2 marks	nsubj
2	marks	mark	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 year	det
4	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 year	amod
5	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 marks	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 Australia	case
7	Australia	Australia	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 year	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 celebrated	cc
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 celebrated	aux:pass
10	celebrated	celebrate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 marks	conj
11	with	with	ADP	_	12 fireworks	case
12	fireworks	firework	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 celebrated	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mark	present	It				year		vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	celebrate	present · passive						with fireworks	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»

Option 4

It celebrates the harvest with feasts

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	2 celebrates	nsubj
2	celebrates	celebrate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 harvest	det
4	harvest	harvest	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 celebrates	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 feasts	case
6	feasts	feast	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 celebrates	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	celebrate	present	It	the harvest				with feasts	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent harvest=Theme

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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