Exam question 2 · Growing apart

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the abandonment of a cherished pastime in order to retain a friend?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris, cherish, retain, abandon · To what, where: abandonment, friend, cherished pastime

This is exam question 2 of lesson 464 «Growing apart» 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 abandonment	det
10	abandonment	abandonment	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	14 pastime	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 pastime	det
13	cherished	cherish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 pastime	amod
14	pastime	pastime	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 abandonment	nmod
15	in	in	ADP	_	16 order	case
16	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 pastime	nmod
17	to	to	PART	_	18 retain	mark
18	retain	retain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 characterises	advcl
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 friend	det
20	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 retain	obj
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the abandonment of a cherished pastime in order	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	cherish	participle			vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer
4	retain	to-infinitive	a friend		tree rules
5	abandon		a cherished pastime in order		nom abandonment «act transitive»: of=patient

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 unnecessary, since suitable friends accept one as one is

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	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 accept	punct
5	since	since	SCONJ	_	8 accept	mark
6	suitable	suitable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 friends	amod
7	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 accept	nsubj
8	accept	accept	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 unnecessary	conj
9	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 accept	obj
10	as	as	ADP	_	11 one	case
11	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 one	nmod
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 unnecessary	cop

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					unnecessary property	tree rules
2	accept	present	suitable friends	one				as one	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent one=Theme as one=Attribute

Option 2

It is required by most schools

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 required	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 required	aux:pass
3	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 schools	case
5	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 schools	amod
6	schools	school	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 required	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present · passive	most schools	It					vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme subject=Precondition

Option 3

It invariably restores the 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 restores	nsubj
2	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	3 restores	advmod
3	restores	restore	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 restores	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	restore	present	It	the friendship				invariably property	vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent friendship=Theme

Option 4

It is the sole means of retaining any 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	5 means	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 means	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 sole	det
4	sole	sole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 means	nsubj
5	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	of	of	SCONJ	_	7 retaining	mark
7	retaining	retain	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 means	advcl
8	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	9 friendship	det
9	friendship	friendship	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 retaining	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					mean property	tree rules
2	retain	gerund		any friendship					tree rules

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