Exam question 1 · Maddie the tomboy

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the term «tomboy»?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: term

This is exam question 1 of lesson 378 «Maddie the tomboy» 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 term	det
10	term	term	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	«	«	PUNCT	_	12 tomboy	punct
12	tomboy	tomboy	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 term	conj
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	10 term	punct
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 term and tomboy				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 · ← Mova's choice

A boy who prefers quiet pursuits

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 boy	det
2	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 prefers	nsubj
4	prefers	prefer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 boy	acl:relcl
5	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 pursuits	amod
6	pursuits	pursuit	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 prefers	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prefer	present	a boy	quiet pursuits					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer pursuit=Stimulus

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

A girl disposed towards pursuits commonly, though erroneously, regarded as masculine

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 girl	det
2	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 disposed	nsubj
3	disposed	dispose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	towards	towards	ADP	_	5 pursuits	case
5	pursuits	pursuit	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 disposed	obl
6	commonly	commonly	ADV	_	3 disposed	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 regarded	punct
8	though	though	SCONJ	_	11 regarded	mark
9	erroneously	erroneously	ADV	_	11 regarded	advmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 erroneously	punct
11	regarded	regard	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 disposed	conj
12	as	as	ADP	_	13 masculine	case
13	masculine	masculine	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 regarded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dispose	participle	a girl					towards pursuits; commonly property	vn addict-96 «NP V NP PP.Theme»: agent=Agent
2	regard	participle	a girl not said here					as masculine; erroneously property	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.value»: agent=Agent as masculine=Value

Option 3

A girl who is not truly a girl

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 girl	det
2	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 girl	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 girl	cop
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 girl	advmod
6	truly	truly	ADV	_	8 girl	advmod
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 girl	det
8	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 girl	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is a	present	a girl	a girl				truly property	tree rules

Option 4

A girl who is prohibited by her parents from wearing dresses at any time

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 girl	det
2	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 prohibited	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 prohibited	aux:pass
5	prohibited	prohibit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 girl	acl
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 parents	case
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 parents	nmod:poss
8	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 prohibited	obl
9	from	from	SCONJ	_	10 wearing	mark
10	wearing	wear	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 prohibited	advcl
11	dresses	dress	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 wearing	obj
12	at	at	ADP	_	14 time	case
13	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	14 time	det
14	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 wearing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prohibit	present · passive	girl's parents	a girl					vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer subject=Theme
2	wear	gerund	girl's parents not said here	dresses			time		vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent dress=Theme

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