Exam question 2 · Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland and the rest of th…

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the circumstances of the foundation of Canberra?

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

This is exam question 2 of lesson 10 «Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland and the rest of the English-speaking world» of the geography 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 circumstances	det
10	circumstances	circumstance	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 foundation	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 foundation	det
13	foundation	foundation	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 circumstances	nmod
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 Canberra	case
15	Canberra	Canberra	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 foundation	nmod
16	?	?	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 circumstances of the foundation of Canberra				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

It was constructed as a compromise between Sydney and Melbourne

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 constructed	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 constructed	aux:pass
3	constructed	construct	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	as	as	ADP	_	6 compromise	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 compromise	det
6	compromise	compromise	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 constructed	obl
7	between	between	ADP	_	8 Sydney	case
8	Sydney	Sydney	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 compromise	nmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 Melbourne	cc
10	Melbourne	Melbourne	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Sydney	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	construct	past · passive		It				as a compromise between Sydney and Melbourne	vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Result as compromise=Attribute

Option 2

It is the most populous Australian city

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	7 city	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 city	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 city	det
4	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	5 populous	advmod
5	populous	populous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 city	amod
6	Australian	Australian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 city	amod
7	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	the populous Australian city					tree rules

Option 3

It was founded by Dutch navigators upon the southern coast

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 founded	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 founded	aux:pass
3	founded	found	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 navigators	case
5	Dutch	dutch	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 navigators	amod
6	navigators	navigator	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 founded	obl
7	upon	upon	ADP	_	10 coast	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 coast	det
9	southern	southern	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 coast	amod
10	coast	coast	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 founded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	found	past · passive	Dutch navigators	It				upon the southern coast	vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient

Option 4

It was the first British settlement in Australia

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	6 settlement	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 settlement	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 settlement	det
4	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	6 settlement	amod
5	British	British	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 settlement	amod
6	settlement	settlement	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 Australia	case
8	Australia	Australia	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 settlement	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	It	the first British settlement		Australia			tree rules

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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