Exam question 4 · Respecting the festivals and traditions of classmates
State which of the following is true of Hanukkah.
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: State · What happens: follow, be
This is exam question 4 of lesson 309 «Respecting the festivals and traditions of classmates» 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 | 7 true | nsubj |
| 2 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 following | nsubj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 following | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 following | det |
| 5 | following | follow | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 1 State | acl |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 true | cop |
| 7 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 Hanukkah | case |
| 9 | Hanukkah | Hanukkah | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 true | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | follow | gerund | State | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | is | present | State | of Hanukkah; true 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
A Muslim festival following a month of fasting, with gifts of sweets
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 festival | det |
| 2 | Muslim | Muslim | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 festival | amod |
| 3 | festival | festival | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | following | follow | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 festival | acl |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 month | det |
| 6 | month | month | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 following | obj |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 fasting | case |
| 8 | fasting | fasting | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 month | nmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 gifts | punct |
| 10 | with | with | ADP | _ | 11 gifts | case |
| 11 | gifts | gift | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 festival | nmod |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 sweets | case |
| 13 | sweets | sweet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 gifts | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | follow | gerund | a Muslim festival with gifts of sweets not said here | month | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | gift | sweets | nom gift «possession transitive»: of=patient |
Option 2
A Chinese festival with red envelopes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 festival | det |
| 2 | Chinese | Chinese | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 festival | amod |
| 3 | festival | festival | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 envelopes | case |
| 5 | red | red | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 envelopes | amod |
| 6 | envelopes | envelope | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 festival | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
A Christian festival upon 25 December
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 festival | det |
| 2 | Christian | Christian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 festival | amod |
| 3 | festival | festival | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 5 25 | case |
| 5 | 25 | 25 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 3 festival | nmod |
| 6 | December | December | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 25 | nmod:unmarked |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
A Jewish festival of lights lasting eight nights
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 festival | det |
| 2 | Jewish | Jewish | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 festival | amod |
| 3 | festival | festival | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 lights | case |
| 5 | lights | light | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 festival | nmod |
| 6 | lasting | last | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 festival | acl |
| 7 | eight | eight | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 8 nights | nummod |
| 8 | nights | night | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 lasting | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | last | gerund | a Jewish festival of lights not said here | night | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme |
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