Exam question 3 · The new kid and the first day

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises regional expressions addressed to a newcomer, such as «Alright, la?»?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris, address · To what, where: regional expressions

This is exam question 3 of lesson 465 «The new kid and the first day» 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	regional	regional	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 expressions	amod
10	expressions	expression	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obj
11	addressed	address	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 expressions	acl
12	to	to	ADP	_	14 newcomer	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 newcomer	det
14	newcomer	newcomer	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 addressed	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 la	punct
16	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	21 la	case
17	as	as	ADP	_	16 such	fixed
18	«	«	PUNCT	_	21 la	punct
19	Alright	alright	INTJ	_	21 la	discourse
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 Alright	punct
21	la	la	X	Foreign=Yes	10 expressions	conj
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	10 expressions	punct
23	»	»	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct
24	?	?	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	regional expressions	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	address	participle	regional expressions not said here	to a newcomer	vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: 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

They indicate that a fight is imminent

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 indicate	nsubj
2	indicate	indicate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 imminent	mark
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 fight	det
5	fight	fight	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 imminent	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 imminent	cop
7	imminent	imminent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 indicate	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	indicate	present	They						vn indicate-78-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot
2	is	present	a fight					imminent property	tree rules

Option 2

They are invariably intended as insults

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 intended	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 intended	aux:pass
3	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	4 intended	advmod
4	intended	intend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	as	as	ADP	_	6 insults	case
6	insults	insult	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 intended	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	intend	present · passive		They				as insults; invariably property	vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Topic as insult=Attribute

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

They are frequently friendly though they may sound otherwise

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 friendly	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 friendly	cop
3	frequently	frequently	ADV	_	4 friendly	advmod
4	friendly	friendly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	though	though	SCONJ	_	8 sound	mark
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 sound	nsubj
7	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 sound	aux
8	sound	sound	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 friendly	advcl
9	otherwise	otherwise	ADV	_	8 sound	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	They					frequently, friendly property	tree rules
2	sound	may	they					otherwise property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

Option 4

They should be reported to the head teacher at once

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 reported	nsubj:pass
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 reported	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 reported	aux:pass
4	reported	report	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	8 teacher	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 teacher	det
7	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 teacher	compound
8	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 reported	obl
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 once	case
10	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	4 reported	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	report	should · passive		They	the head teacher				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Topic to teacher=Recipient

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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