Exam question 1 · Your body and how you look

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the value of a person?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris, value · To what, where: value, person

This is exam question 1 of lesson 88 «Your body and how you look» 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 value	det
10	value	value	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 person	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 person	det
13	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 value	nmod
14	?	?	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 value of a person	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	value		a person		nom value «cognition 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

A person's worth is determined principally by their height and weight

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 person	det
2	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 worth	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 person	case
4	worth	worth	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 determined	nsubj:pass
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 determined	aux:pass
6	determined	determine	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	principally	principally	ADV	_	6 determined	advmod
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 height	case
9	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 height	nmod:poss
10	height	height	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 determined	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 weight	cc
12	weight	weight	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 height	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	determine	present · passive	their height and weight	a person's worth				principally property	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Topic

Option 2

A person's worth depends upon the number of photographs taken of them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 person	det
2	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 worth	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 person	case
4	worth	worth	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 depends	nsubj
5	depends	depend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	upon	upon	ADP	_	8 number	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 number	det
8	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 depends	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 photographs	case
10	photographs	photograph	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 number	nmod
11	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 photographs	acl
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 them	case
13	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 taken	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	depend	present	a person's worth					upon the number of photographs	vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S_ING»: agent=Agent
2	take	participle		photographs not said here				of photographs = photograph	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent of they=Initial_Location

Option 3

A person's worth increases in proportion to their resemblance to models

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 person	det
2	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 worth	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 person	case
4	worth	worth	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 increases	nsubj
5	increases	increase	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 proportion	case
7	proportion	proportion	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 increases	obl
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 resemblance	case
9	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 resemblance	nmod:poss
10	resemblance	resemblance	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 increases	obl
11	to	to	ADP	_	12 models	case
12	models	model	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 increases	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	increase	present	a person's worth					to their resemblance result; to models; in proportion	vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute PP.extent PP.initial_state PP.result»: agent=Patient in proportion=Attribute to resemblance=Result

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

A person's worth does not depend upon their physical appearance

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 person	det
2	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 worth	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 person	case
4	worth	worth	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 depend	nsubj
5	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 depend	aux
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 depend	advmod
7	depend	depend	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	upon	upon	ADP	_	11 appearance	case
9	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 appearance	nmod:poss
10	physical	physical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 appearance	amod
11	appearance	appearance	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 depend	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not depend	present · do-support	a person's worth					upon their physical appearance	vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S_ING»: agent=Agent

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