Exam question 2 · How best friends start

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the pursuit of differing hobbies by two close friends?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: pursuit · What happens: follow, characteris, differ · To what, where: pursuit, hobbies

This is exam question 2 of lesson 461 «How best friends start» 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 pursuit	det
10	pursuit	pursuit	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	SCONJ	_	12 differing	mark
12	differing	differ	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 pursuit	acl
13	hobbies	hobby	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 differing	obj
14	by	by	ADP	_	17 friends	case
15	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	17 friends	nummod
16	close	close	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 friends	amod
17	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 differing	obl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the pursuit	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	differ	gerund	the pursuit not said here	hobbies	by two close friends	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 is compatible with an enduring friendship

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 compatible	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 compatible	cop
3	compatible	compatible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	7 friendship	case
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 friendship	det
6	enduring	endure	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 friendship	amod
7	friendship	friendship	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 compatible	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					with a enduring friendship; compatible property	tree rules
2	endure	gerund							vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

It necessarily terminates the friendship at once

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 terminates	nsubj
2	necessarily	necessarily	ADV	_	3 terminates	advmod
3	terminates	terminate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 friendship	det
5	friendship	friendship	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 terminates	obj
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 once	case
7	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	3 terminates	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	terminate	present	It	the friendship				necessarily property	vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friendship=Theme

Option 3

It is permissible only on weekends

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 permissible	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 permissible	cop
3	permissible	permissible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	only	only	ADV	_	6 weekends	advmod
5	on	on	ADP	_	6 weekends	case
6	weekends	weekend	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 permissible	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It				weekend	permissible property	tree rules

Option 4

It requires the consent of both parents

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 requires	nsubj
2	requires	require	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 consent	det
4	consent	consent	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 requires	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 parents	case
6	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	7 parents	det
7	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consent	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present	It	the consent of both parents					vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme consent=Precondition
2	consent			both parents					nom consent «communication transitive»: of=patient

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