Exam question 1 · Twins and big families

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the individual identity of twins?

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

This is exam question 1 of lesson 503 «Twins and big families» 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	11 identity	det
10	individual	individual	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 identity	amod
11	identity	identity	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 twins	case
13	twins	twin	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 identity	nmod
14	?	?	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 individual identity of twins				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

Each twin is a separate person deserving to be recognised as such

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	2 twin	det
2	twin	twin	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 person	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 person	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 person	det
5	separate	separate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 person	amod
6	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	deserving	deserve	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 person	acl
8	to	to	PART	_	10 recognised	mark
9	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 recognised	aux:pass
10	recognised	recognise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 deserving	xcomp
11	as	as	ADP	_	12 such	case
12	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 recognised	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	each twin	a separate person		tree rules
2	deserve	gerund	a separate person not said here			tree rules
3	recognise	to-infinitive · passive	a separate person not said here		as such	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: as such=Attribute

Option 2

Differences between twins indicate a breakdown in their relationship

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Differences	difference	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 indicate	nsubj
2	between	between	ADP	_	3 twins	case
3	twins	twin	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Differences	nmod
4	indicate	indicate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 breakdown	det
6	breakdown	breakdown	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 indicate	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 relationship	case
8	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 relationship	nmod:poss
9	relationship	relationship	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 indicate	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	indicate	present	Differences between twins	a breakdown		Differences's relationship			vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot breakdown=Topic

Option 3

Twins constitute a single unit and may be addressed interchangeably

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Twins	twin	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 constitute	nsubj
2	constitute	constitute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 unit	det
4	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 unit	amod
5	unit	unit	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 constitute	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 addressed	cc
7	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 addressed	aux
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 addressed	aux:pass
9	addressed	address	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 constitute	conj
10	interchangeably	interchangeably	ADV	_	9 addressed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	constitute	present	Twins	a single unit					vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme unit=Pivot
2	address	may · passive	Twins not said here					interchangeably property	vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»

Option 4

Twins must retain identical attire and preferences throughout life

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Twins	twin	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 retain	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 retain	aux
3	retain	retain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	identical	identical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 attire	amod
5	attire	attire	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 retain	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 preferences	cc
7	preferences	preference	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 attire	conj
8	throughout	throughout	ADP	_	9 life	case
9	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 retain	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	retain	must	Twins	identical attire and preferences			throughout life		tree rules

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