Exam question 4 · The First World War

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the wearing of red poppies.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, wear · To what, where: response

This is exam question 4 of lesson 33 «The First World War» 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 wearing	det
11	wearing	wear	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 concerning	conj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 poppies	case
13	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 poppies	amod
14	poppies	poppy	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 wearing	obl
15	.	.	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			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
4	wear	gerund	the established facts not said here		of red poppies	vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent of poppy=Source

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

It celebrates the harvest

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 celebrates	nsubj
2	celebrates	celebrate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 harvest	det
4	harvest	harvest	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 celebrates	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	celebrate	present	It	the harvest					vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent harvest=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It commemorates those who have died in wars

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 commemorates	nsubj
2	commemorates	commemorate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	those	that	PRON	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	2 commemorates	obj
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 died	nsubj
5	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 died	aux
6	died	die	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	3 those	acl:relcl
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 wars	case
8	wars	war	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 died	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	commemorate	present	It	those					vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Theme
2	die	present · perfect						in wars	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in war=Attribute

Option 3

It marks the founding of the United Nations

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 marks	nsubj
2	marks	mark	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 founding	det
4	founding	founding	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 marks	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 Nations	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Nations	det
7	United	United	PROPN	_	8 Nations	compound
8	Nations	Nation	PROPN	Number=Plur	4 founding	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mark	present	It	the founding of the United Nations					vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent founding=Destination
2	found			the United Nations					nom founding «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

It honours the invention of the tank

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 honours	nsubj
2	honours	honour	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 invention	det
4	invention	invention	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 honours	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 tank	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 tank	det
7	tank	tank	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 invention	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	honour	present	It	the invention of the tank					tree rules
2	invent			the tank					nom invention «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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