Exam question 2 · Canada: a short story
Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the manner in which Canada attained independence?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Canada · What happens: follow, characteris, attain · To what, where: manner, independence
This is exam question 2 of lesson 39 «Canada: a short story» 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 | 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 manner | det |
| 10 | manner | manner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 characterises | obj |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 which | case |
| 12 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 14 attained | obl |
| 13 | Canada | Canada | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 attained | nsubj |
| 14 | attained | attain | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 manner | acl:relcl |
| 15 | independence | independence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 attained | obj |
| 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 manner | of the following statements; accurately property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | attain | past | Canada | independence | the manner | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent independence=Theme |
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
Gradually and by peaceful means
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gradually | gradually | ADV | _ | 5 means | advmod |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 means | cc |
| 3 | by | by | ADP | _ | 4 peaceful | case |
| 4 | peaceful | peaceful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 means | obl |
| 5 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | by peaceful; gradually property | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
By purchase from France
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | By | by | ADP | _ | 2 purchase | case |
| 2 | purchase | purchase | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | from | from | ADP | _ | 4 France | case |
| 4 | France | France | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 purchase | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
By a single violent revolution
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | By | by | ADP | _ | 5 revolution | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 revolution | det |
| 3 | single | single | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 revolution | amod |
| 4 | violent | violent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 revolution | amod |
| 5 | revolution | revolution | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
It has never attained independence
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 | 4 attained | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 attained | aux |
| 3 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 4 attained | advmod |
| 4 | attained | attain | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | independence | independence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 attained | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not attain | present · perfect · passive | It | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: subject=Beneficiary independence=Theme |
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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