Exam question 3 · Accents and dialects around the world

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the origin of the Australian accent.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, origin

This is exam question 3 of lesson 19 «Accents and dialects around the world» 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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 origin	det
11	origin	origin	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	15 accent	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 accent	det
14	Australian	Australian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 accent	amod
15	accent	accent	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 origin	nmod
16	.	.	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	the origin of the Australian accent		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus origin=Experiencer

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

It has no connection with any accent of the British Isles

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 has	nsubj
2	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 connection	det
4	connection	connection	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 has	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 accent	case
6	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	7 accent	det
7	accent	accent	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 connection	nmod
8	of	of	ADP	_	11 Isles	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Isles	det
10	British	British	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 Isles	amod
11	Isles	Isle	PROPN	Number=Plur	7 accent	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	It	no connection				with any accent of the British Isles	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent connection=Patient
2	accent			the British Isles					nom accent «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

It was copied deliberately from American broadcasts

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 copied	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 copied	aux:pass
3	copied	copy	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	deliberately	deliberately	ADV	_	3 copied	advmod
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 broadcasts	case
6	American	American	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 broadcasts	amod
7	broadcasts	broadcast	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 copied	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	copy	past · passive		It		American broadcasts		deliberately property	vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It developed from the accents of settlers from London, south-east England and Ireland

The tree, 14 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 developed	nsubj
2	developed	develop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	5 accents	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 accents	det
5	accents	accent	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 developed	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 settlers	case
7	settlers	settler	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 accents	nmod
8	from	from	ADP	_	9 London	case
9	London	London	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 developed	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 England	punct
11	south	south	ADV	_	13 east	advmod
12	-	-	PUNCT	_	11 south	punct
13	east	east	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 England	amod
14	England	England	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 developed	obl
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 Ireland	cc
16	Ireland	Ireland	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 England	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	develop	past	It	east England and Ireland				from London; from the accents of settlers	vn grow-26.2.1 «NP.product V PP.patient»: agent=Product from accent=Patient
2	accent			settlers					nom accent «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

It was imposed by royal decree in the nineteenth century

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 imposed	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 imposed	aux:pass
3	imposed	impose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 decree	case
5	royal	royal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 decree	amod
6	decree	decree	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 imposed	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	10 century	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 century	det
9	nineteenth	nineteenth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 century	amod
10	century	century	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 imposed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	impose	past · passive	royal decree	It			century		vn enforce-63 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

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