Exam question 3 · Learning through the ages: schools, universities, librarie…

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises apprenticeship as practised for centuries?

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

This is exam question 3 of lesson 64 «Learning through the ages: schools, universities, libraries and science» 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	apprenticeship	apprenticeship	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
10	as	as	SCONJ	_	11 practised	mark
11	practised	practise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 characterises	xcomp
12	for	for	ADP	_	13 centuries	case
13	centuries	century	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 practised	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	apprenticeship		of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	practise	participle		century		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

A learner resided and laboured with a master craftsperson for some years

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 learner	det
2	learner	learner	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	resided	reside	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 learner	acl
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 laboured	cc
5	laboured	labour	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 resided	conj
6	with	with	ADP	_	9 craftsperson	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 craftsperson	det
8	master	master	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 craftsperson	compound
9	craftsperson	craftsperson	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 laboured	obl
10	for	for	ADP	_	12 years	case
11	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	12 years	det
12	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 resided	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reside	participle		a learner not said here			year		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	labour	participle						with a master craftsperson	vn cooperate-73.1-3 «NP V PP.co-agent PP.theme»: agent=Agent with craftsperson=Co-Agent

Option 2

A learner was forbidden to practise any trade until the age of thirty

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 learner	det
2	learner	learner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 forbidden	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 forbidden	aux:pass
4	forbidden	forbid	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 practise	mark
6	practise	practise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 forbidden	xcomp
7	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	8 trade	det
8	trade	trade	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 practise	obj
9	until	until	ADP	_	11 age	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 age	det
11	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 practise	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 thirty	case
13	thirty	thirty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 age	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forbid	past · passive		a learner					tree rules
2	practise	to-infinitive		any trade			until the age of thirty		tree rules

Option 3

A learner attended university lectures delivered in Latin for some years

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 learner	det
2	learner	learner	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	attended	attend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 lectures	amod
4	university	university	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lectures	compound
5	lectures	lecture	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 learner	nmod
6	delivered	deliver	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 lectures	acl
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 Latin	case
8	Latin	Latin	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 delivered	obl
9	for	for	ADP	_	11 years	case
10	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	11 years	det
11	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 delivered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	attend	participle							vn caring-75.2-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent
2	deliver	participle		attended university lectures not said here		Latin	year		vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

A learner consulted printed encyclopaedias in a public library

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 learner	det
2	learner	learner	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	consulted	consult	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 learner	acl
4	printed	print	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 encyclopaedias	amod
5	encyclopaedias	encyclopaedia	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 consulted	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 library	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 library	det
8	public	public	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 library	amod
9	library	library	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 consulted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consult	participle	a learner not said here	printed encyclopaedias		a public library			vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent encyclopaedia=Theme
2	print	participle							vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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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