Exam question 4 · Accents and dialects of Britain and Ireland

In respect of the Irish English word "eejit", which statement is most accurate?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Irish English word · What happens: be, respect · To what, where: Irish English word

This is exam question 4 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	In	in	ADP	_	2 respect	case
2	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	7 word	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 word	det
5	Irish	Irish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 word	amod
6	English	English	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 word	compound
7	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 respect	nmod
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 eejit	punct
9	eejit	eejit	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 word	appos
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 eejit	punct
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 accurate	punct
12	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 accurate	nsubj
13	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 accurate	nsubj
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 accurate	cop
15	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	16 accurate	advmod
16	accurate	accurate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 word	parataxis
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	16 accurate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the Irish English word					accurate property	tree rules
2	respect			the Irish English word					nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=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 denotes a fool but is frequently employed with affection

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 denotes	nsubj
2	denotes	denote	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 fool	det
4	fool	fool	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 denotes	obj
5	but	but	CCONJ	_	8 employed	cc
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 employed	aux
7	frequently	frequently	ADV	_	8 employed	advmod
8	employed	employ	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 denotes	conj
9	with	with	ADP	_	10 affection	case
10	affection	affection	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 employed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	denote	present	It	a fool					vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot fool=Topic
2	employ	present · passive						with affection; frequently property	vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

It is invariably a grave insult

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	6 insult	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 insult	cop
3	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	6 insult	advmod
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 insult	det
5	grave	grave	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 insult	amod
6	insult	insult	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a grave insult				invariably property	tree rules

Option 3

It is a term of praise for intelligence

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 term	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 term	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 term	det
4	term	term	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 praise	case
6	praise	praise	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 term	nmod
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 intelligence	case
8	intelligence	intelligence	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 term	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a term				of praise; for intelligence	tree rules

Option 4

It denotes a close friend exclusively

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 denotes	nsubj
2	denotes	denote	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 friend	det
4	close	close	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 friend	amod
5	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 denotes	obj
6	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	2 denotes	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	denote	present	It	a close friend				exclusively property	vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot friend=Topic

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