Exam question 4 · Explorers: Magellan around the world, and the people alrea…

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the etymology of the name Canada.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, etymology

This is exam question 4 of lesson 27 «Explorers: Magellan around the world, and the people already there» of the history 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 etymology	det
11	etymology	etymology	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 name	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 name	det
14	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 etymology	nmod
15	Canada	Canada	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 name	appos
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the etymology of the name		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus etymology=Experiencer

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 derives from kanata, an Iroquoian word for village

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	2 derives	nsubj
2	derives	derive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	4 kanata	case
4	kanata	kanata	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 derives	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 word	punct
6	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 word	det
7	Iroquoian	iroquoian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 word	amod
8	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 kanata	appos
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 village	case
10	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 word	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	derive	present	It			kanata			vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: agent=Agent from kanata=Material

Option 2

It derives from the Spanish for nothing here, said by early sailors

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	2 derives	nsubj
2	derives	derive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	5 Spanish	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Spanish	det
5	Spanish	Spanish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 derives	obl
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 nothing	case
7	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	5 Spanish	obl
8	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	7 nothing	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 said	punct
10	said	say	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 derives	parataxis
11	by	by	ADP	_	13 sailors	case
12	early	early	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 sailors	amod
13	sailors	sailor	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 said	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	derive	present	It			the Spanish			vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: agent=Agent from spanish=Material
2	say speech: assert	participle						by early sailors	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 3

It derives from a Latin word for cold

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	2 derives	nsubj
2	derives	derive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	6 word	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 word	det
5	Latin	Latin	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 word	amod
6	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 derives	obl
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 cold	case
8	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 word	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	derive	present	It			a Latin word for cold			vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: agent=Agent from word=Material

Option 4

It derives from the name of a French ship

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	2 derives	nsubj
2	derives	derive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	5 name	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 name	det
5	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 derives	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 ship	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 ship	det
8	French	French	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 ship	amod
9	ship	ship	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 name	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	derive	present	It			the name of a French ship			vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: agent=Agent from name=Material
2	name			a French ship					nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient

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