Exam question 3 · Accents and dialects of Britain and Ireland

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning Cockney rhyming slang.

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

This is exam question 3 of lesson 18 «Accents and dialects of Britain and Ireland» of the language 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	Cockney	Cockney	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 slang	compound
11	rhyming	rhyme	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 slang	amod
12	slang	slang	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
13	.	.	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	Cockney rhyming slang		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus slang=Experiencer
4	rhyme	gerund				vn amalgamate-22.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

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 substitutes for a word a phrase which rhymes with it, frequently omitting the rhyming element

The tree, 16 words

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 substitutes	nsubj
2	substitutes	substitute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	5 word	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 word	det
5	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 substitutes	obl
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 phrase	det
7	phrase	phrase	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 word	appos
8	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 rhymes	nsubj
9	rhymes	rhyme	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 phrase	acl:relcl
10	with	with	ADP	_	11 it	case
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 rhymes	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 omitting	punct
13	frequently	frequently	ADV	_	14 omitting	advmod
14	omitting	omit	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 substitutes	advcl
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 element	det
16	rhyming	rhyme	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	17 element	amod
17	element	element	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 omitting	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	substitute	present	It		for a word	vn substitute-13.6.2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme for word=Co-Theme
2	rhyme	present	a phrase		with phrase	vn amalgamate-22.2-2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Patient with it=Co-Patient
3	omit	gerund		the rhyming element	frequently property	vn exclude-107.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent element=Theme
4	rhyme	gerund				vn amalgamate-22.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Option 2

It is a modern invention originating in social media

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	5 invention	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 invention	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 invention	det
4	modern	modern	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 invention	amod
5	invention	invention	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	originating	originate	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 invention	acl
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 media	case
8	social	social	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 media	amod
9	media	media	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 originating	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a modern invention					tree rules
2	originate	gerund	a modern invention not said here			social media			vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

It is mandated in all schools within the city of London

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 mandated	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 mandated	aux:pass
3	mandated	mandate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 schools	case
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 schools	det
6	schools	school	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 mandated	obl
7	within	within	ADP	_	9 city	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 city	det
9	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 mandated	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 London	case
11	London	London	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 city	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mandate	present · passive		It		all schools		within the city of London	tree rules

Option 4

It consists solely of words borrowed from Latin and Greek

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 consists	nsubj
2	consists	consist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	solely	solely	ADV	_	5 words	advmod
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 words	case
5	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 consists	obj
6	borrowed	borrow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 words	acl
7	from	from	ADP	_	8 Latin	case
8	Latin	Latin	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 borrowed	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 Greek	cc
10	Greek	Greek	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Latin	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consist	present	It	words					tree rules
2	borrow	participle		words not said here		Latin and Greek			vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from latin=Source

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