Exam question 3 · Boasting cousins and made-up holidays

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the ascent of the Eiffel Tower by visitors?

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

This is exam question 3 of lesson 435 «Boasting cousins and made-up holidays» 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 ascent	det
10	ascent	ascent	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	14 Tower	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Tower	det
13	Eiffel	Eiffel	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 Tower	compound
14	Tower	Tower	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 ascent	nmod
15	by	by	ADP	_	16 visitors	case
16	visitors	visitor	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
17	?	?	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 ascent of the Eiffel Tower				of the following statements; by visitors; 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

Children are prohibited from ascending

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 prohibited	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 prohibited	aux:pass
3	prohibited	prohibit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	from	from	SCONJ	_	5 ascending	mark
5	ascending	ascend	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 prohibited	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prohibit	present · passive		Children					vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	ascend	gerund							vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

The summit may be reached by stairs within five minutes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 summit	det
2	summit	summit	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 reached	nsubj:pass
3	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 reached	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 reached	aux:pass
5	reached	reach	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 stairs	case
7	stairs	stair	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 reached	obl
8	within	within	ADP	_	10 minutes	case
9	five	five	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 minutes	nummod
10	minutes	minute	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 reached	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reach	may · passive	stairs	the summit			minute		vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

Option 3

No stairs are available to visitors

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	2 stairs	det
2	stairs	stair	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 available	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 available	cop
4	available	available	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 visitors	case
6	visitors	visitor	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 available	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	no stairs					to visitors; available property	tree rules

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

The stairs extend only to the second floor, the summit being reached by lift

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 stairs	det
2	stairs	stair	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 extend	nsubj
3	extend	extend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	only	only	ADV	_	8 floor	advmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	8 floor	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 floor	det
7	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	8 floor	amod
8	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 extend	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 reached	punct
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 summit	det
11	summit	summit	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 reached	nsubj:pass
12	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 reached	aux:pass
13	reached	reach	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 extend	parataxis
14	by	by	ADP	_	15 lift	case
15	lift	lift	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 reached	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	extend	present	the stairs		the second floor				vn contribute-13.2-2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to floor=Recipient
2	reach	gerund · passive	lift	the summit					vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

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