Exam question 2 · Promises to family

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the borrowing of an article?

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

This is exam question 2 of lesson 358 «Promises to family» 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 borrowing	det
10	borrowing	borrowing	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 article	case
12	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 article	det
13	article	article	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 borrowing	nmod
14	?	?	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 borrowing of a article				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 entitles the borrower to retain the article indefinitely

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 entitles	nsubj
2	entitles	entitle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 borrower	det
4	borrower	borrower	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 entitles	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 retain	mark
6	retain	retain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 borrower	acl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 article	det
8	article	article	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 retain	obj
9	indefinitely	indefinitely	ADV	_	6 retain	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	entitle	present	It	the borrower					tree rules
2	retain	to-infinitive		the article				indefinitely property	tree rules

Option 2

It imposes no obligation upon the borrower

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 imposes	nsubj
2	imposes	impose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 obligation	det
4	obligation	obligation	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 imposes	obj
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 borrower	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 borrower	det
7	borrower	borrower	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 obligation	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	impose	present	It	no obligation				upon the borrower	vn enforce-63 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent obligation=Theme

Option 3

It transfers ownership after one week

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 transfers	nsubj
2	transfers	transfer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	ownership	ownership	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 transfers	obj
4	after	after	ADP	_	6 week	case
5	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 week	nummod
6	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 transfers	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	transfer	present	It	ownership			week		vn contribute-13.2-2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent ownership=Theme

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

It entails an undertaking to return the article

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 entails	nsubj
2	entails	entail	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 undertaking	det
4	undertaking	undertaking	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 entails	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 return	mark
6	return	return	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 entails	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 article	det
8	article	article	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 return	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	entail	present	It	a undertaking					tree rules
2	return	to-infinitive		the article					vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent article=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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