Exam question 1 · Being trusted and what to do with things you find

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the rhyme «finders keepers»?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: rhyme

This is exam question 1 of lesson 286 «Being trusted and what to do with things you find» 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 rhyme	det
10	rhyme	rhyme	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	«	«	PUNCT	_	13 keepers	punct
12	finders	finder	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 keepers	compound
13	keepers	keeper	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 rhyme	appos
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	13 keepers	punct
15	?	?	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		the rhyme				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

It is a rule recognised in law

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 rule	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 rule	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 rule	det
4	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	recognised	recognise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 rule	acl
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 law	case
7	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 recognised	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a rule					tree rules
2	recognise	participle		a rule not said here		law			vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2

It applies to all items found outdoors, though not those found indoors

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 applies	nsubj
2	applies	apply	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 items	case
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 items	det
5	items	item	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 applies	obl
6	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 items	acl
7	outdoors	outdoors	ADV	_	6 found	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 those	punct
9	though	though	SCONJ	_	11 those	mark
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 those	advmod
11	those	that	PRON	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	2 applies	obl
12	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 those	acl
13	indoors	indoors	ADV	_	12 found	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	apply	present	It	those	to all items	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	find	participle		all items not said here	outdoors property	vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent
3	find	participle			indoors property	vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent

Option 3

It applies to any sum of money found

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 applies	nsubj
2	applies	apply	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 sum	case
4	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	5 sum	det
5	sum	sum	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 applies	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 money	case
7	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sum	nmod
8	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 money	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	apply	present	It		to any sum of money	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	find	participle		money not said here		vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent
3	sum			money		nom sum «possession transitive»: of=patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It is a rhyme and not a rule, since a lost item still belongs to its owner

The tree, 17 words

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 rhyme	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 rhyme	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 rhyme	det
4	rhyme	rhyme	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 rule	cc
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 rule	advmod
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 rule	det
8	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 rhyme	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 belongs	punct
10	since	since	SCONJ	_	15 belongs	mark
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 item	det
12	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 item	amod
13	item	item	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 belongs	nsubj
14	still	still	ADV	_	15 belongs	advmod
15	belongs	belong	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 rhyme	parataxis
16	to	to	ADP	_	18 owner	case
17	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 owner	nmod:poss
18	owner	owner	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 belongs	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a rhyme and a rule			tree rules
2	lose	participle					vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	belong	present	a lost item		still	to item's owner	vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=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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