Exam question 3 · The check that settles it

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the function of verification?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: function

This is exam question 3 of lesson 451 «The check that settles it» 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 function	det
10	function	function	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 verification	case
12	verification	verification	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 function	nmod
13	?	?	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 function of verification				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 · ✓ the right answer

It may establish that a person has spoken truthfully as well as falsely

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	3 establish	nsubj
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 establish	aux
3	establish	establish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 spoken	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 person	det
6	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 spoken	nsubj:pass
7	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 spoken	aux
8	spoken	speak	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 establish	advcl
9	truthfully	truthfully	ADV	_	8 spoken	advmod
10	as	as	ADV	ExtPos=ADV	3 establish	advmod
11	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	10 as	fixed
12	as	as	ADP	_	10 as	fixed
13	falsely	falsely	ADV	_	10 as	fixed

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	establish	may	It						vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
2	speak speech: other	present · perfect · passive		a person				truthfully property	tree rules

Option 2

It serves exclusively to expose falsehood

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 serves	nsubj
2	serves	serve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	2 serves	advmod
4	to	to	PART	_	5 expose	mark
5	expose	expose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 serves	xcomp
6	falsehood	falsehood	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 expose	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	serve	present	It					exclusively property	tree rules
2	expose	to-infinitive		falsehood					vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot falsehood=Topic

Option 3

It is unnecessary where memory is available

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	3 unnecessary	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 unnecessary	cop
3	unnecessary	unnecessary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	7 available	advmod
5	memory	memory	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 available	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 available	cop
7	available	available	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 unnecessary	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					unnecessary property	tree rules
2	is	present	memory					available property	tree rules

Option 4

It invariably constitutes an accusation

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	3 constitutes	nsubj
2	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	3 constitutes	advmod
3	constitutes	constitute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 accusation	det
5	accusation	accusation	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 constitutes	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	constitute	present	It	a accusation				invariably property	vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme accusation=Pivot

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