Exam question 3 · Railway crossings, maps and addresses
State the correct sequence in which the elements of a postal address are written.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: write · To what, where: elements, correct sequence
This is exam question 3 of lesson 275 «Railway crossings, maps and addresses» 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 | State | state | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 sequence | det |
| 3 | correct | correct | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 sequence | amod |
| 4 | sequence | sequence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 State | appos |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 which | case |
| 6 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 14 written | obl |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 elements | det |
| 8 | elements | element | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 written | nsubj:pass |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 address | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 address | det |
| 11 | postal | postal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 address | amod |
| 12 | address | address | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 elements | nmod |
| 13 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 written | aux:pass |
| 14 | written | write | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 sequence | acl:relcl |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 State | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | write | present · passive | the elements of a postal address | the correct sequence | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in which=Destination |
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
Postcode, town, name, street, county
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Postcode | postcode | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 town | punct |
| 3 | town | town | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Postcode | conj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 name | punct |
| 5 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Postcode | conj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 street | punct |
| 7 | street | street | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Postcode | conj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 county | punct |
| 9 | county | county | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Postcode | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
Name, postcode, house number and street, county, then the town at the foot
The tree, 13 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 postcode | punct |
| 3 | postcode | postcode | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Name | conj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 number | punct |
| 5 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 number | compound |
| 6 | number | number | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Name | conj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 street | cc |
| 8 | street | street | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Name | conj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 county | punct |
| 10 | county | county | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Name | conj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 town | punct |
| 12 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 14 town | advmod |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 town | det |
| 14 | town | town | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Name | conj |
| 15 | at | at | ADP | _ | 17 foot | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 foot | det |
| 17 | foot | foot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 town | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Town, name, postcode, street, county
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Town | town | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 name | punct |
| 3 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Town | conj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 postcode | punct |
| 5 | postcode | postcode | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Town | conj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 street | punct |
| 7 | street | street | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Town | conj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 county | punct |
| 9 | county | county | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Town | parataxis |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Name, house number and street, town, state or county, postcode
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 number | punct |
| 3 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 number | compound |
| 4 | number | number | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Name | conj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 street | cc |
| 6 | street | street | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Name | conj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 town | punct |
| 8 | town | town | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Name | conj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 state | punct |
| 10 | state | state | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 town | appos |
| 11 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 12 county | cc |
| 12 | county | county | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 state | conj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 postcode | punct |
| 14 | postcode | postcode | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Name | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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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