Exam question 2 · Showing off

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a scar sustained in the course of a street altercation?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris, sustain · To what, where: scar, course

This is exam question 2 of lesson 390 «Showing off» 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	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 scar	det
10	scar	scar	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	sustained	sustain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 scar	acl
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 course	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 course	det
14	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 sustained	obl
15	of	of	ADP	_	18 altercation	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 altercation	det
17	street	street	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 altercation	compound
18	altercation	altercation	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 course	nmod
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	a scar		of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	sustain	participle	a scar not said here	the course of a street altercation		vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent

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

It indicates that its bearer was victorious

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 indicates	nsubj
2	indicates	indicate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 victorious	mark
4	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 bearer	nmod:poss
5	bearer	bearer	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 victorious	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 victorious	cop
7	victorious	victorious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 indicates	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	indicate	present	It						vn indicate-78-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot
2	is	past	its bearer					victorious property	tree rules

Option 2

It is a mark of distinction to be displayed proudly to one's peers

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 mark	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 mark	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 mark	det
4	mark	mark	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 distinction	case
6	distinction	distinction	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 mark	nmod
7	to	to	PART	_	9 displayed	mark
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 displayed	aux:pass
9	displayed	display	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 mark	advcl
10	proudly	proudly	ADV	_	9 displayed	advmod
11	to	to	ADP	_	14 peers	case
12	one	one	PRON	Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 peers	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 one	case
14	peers	peer	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 displayed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a mark				of distinction	tree rules
2	display	to-infinitive · passive			one's peers			proudly property	vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: to peer=Recipient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It is a reminder of pain and fear rather than a trophy

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 reminder	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 reminder	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 reminder	det
4	reminder	reminder	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 pain	case
6	pain	pain	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 reminder	nmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 fear	cc
8	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 reminder	conj
9	rather	rather	ADV	ExtPos=CCONJ	12 trophy	cc
10	than	than	ADP	_	9 rather	fixed
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 trophy	det
12	trophy	trophy	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 reminder	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a reminder and fear rather a trophy				of pain	tree rules

Option 4

It confers authority upon its bearer

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 confers	nsubj
2	confers	confer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	authority	authority	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 confers	obj
4	upon	upon	ADP	_	6 bearer	case
5	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 bearer	nmod:poss
6	bearer	bearer	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 confers	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	confer	present	It	authority				upon authority's bearer	tree rules

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