Exam question 1 · Console games, building, crafts, music and ball games

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the correct technique when commencing to hammer a nail?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris, commence, hammer · To what, where: correct technique, nail

This is exam question 1 of lesson 303 «Console games, building, crafts, music and ball games» 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	11 technique	det
10	correct	correct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 technique	amod
11	technique	technique	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
12	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	13 commencing	advmod
13	commencing	commence	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 characterises	advcl
14	to	to	PART	_	15 hammer	mark
15	hammer	hammer	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 commencing	xcomp
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 nail	det
17	nail	nail	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 hammer	obj
18	?	?	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 correct technique	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	commence	gerund			vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
4	hammer	to-infinitive	a nail		vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nail=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

The fingers remain upon the nail throughout

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 fingers	det
2	fingers	finger	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 remain	nsubj
3	remain	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	upon	upon	ADP	_	6 nail	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 nail	det
6	nail	nail	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 remain	obl
7	throughout	throughout	PUNCT	_	3 remain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remain	present	the fingers			the nail			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon nail=Location

Option 2

The hammer is swung at full force from the very outset so as to save time

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 hammer	det
2	hammer	hammer	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 swung	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 swung	aux:pass
4	swung	swing	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 force	case
6	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 force	amod
7	force	force	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 swung	obl
8	from	from	ADP	_	11 outset	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 outset	det
10	very	very	ADV	_	11 outset	advmod
11	outset	outset	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 force	nmod
12	so	so	ADV	_	15 save	advmod
13	as	as	SCONJ	_	15 save	mark
14	to	to	PART	_	15 save	mark
15	save	save	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 swung	advcl
16	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 save	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swing	present · passive		the hammer		full force from the outset			vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: subject=Theme at force=Location
2	save	to-infinitive					time		vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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

The nail is held low and struck with light taps at first

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 nail	det
2	nail	nail	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 held	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 held	aux:pass
4	held	hold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	low	low	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 held	xcomp
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 struck	cc
7	struck	strike	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 held	conj
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 taps	case
9	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 taps	compound
10	taps	tap	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 struck	obl
11	at	at	ADP	_	12 first	case
12	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	7 struck	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	present · passive		the nail				low property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	strike	participle						with light taps	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V PP PP»: agent=Agent with tap=Instrument at first=Patient

Option 4

The nail is held at the head and struck hard

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 nail	det
2	nail	nail	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 held	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 held	aux:pass
4	held	hold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 head	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 head	det
7	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 held	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 struck	cc
9	struck	strike	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 held	conj
10	hard	hard	ADV	Degree=Pos	9 struck	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	present · passive		the nail		the head			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme at head=Location
2	strike	participle						hard property	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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