Exam question 3 · British and American words
A person residing in the United States proposes a meeting "on the first floor". Ascertain the location so designated in British terms.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: person, you · What happens: reside, propose, ascertain, designate · To what, where: United States, meeting, first floor, location, British terms
This is exam question 3 of lesson 21 «British and American words» 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
Sentence 1: A person residing in the United States proposes a meeting "on the first floor".
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 person | det |
| 2 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 proposes | nsubj |
| 3 | residing | reside | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 person | acl |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 States | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 States | det |
| 6 | United | United | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 States | amod |
| 7 | States | State | PROPN | Number=Plur | 3 residing | obl |
| 8 | proposes | propose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 meeting | det |
| 10 | meeting | meeting | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 proposes | obj |
| 11 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 meeting | punct |
| 12 | on | on | ADP | _ | 15 floor | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 floor | det |
| 14 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 15 floor | amod |
| 15 | floor | floor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 proposes | obl |
| 16 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 15 floor | punct |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 proposes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reside | gerund | a person not said here | the United States | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in state=Location | ||||
| 2 | propose | present | a person | a meeting | the first floor | vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meeting=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.
Sentence 2: Ascertain the location so designated in British terms.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ascertain | ascertain | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 location | det |
| 3 | location | location | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Ascertain | obj |
| 4 | so | so | ADV | _ | 5 designated | advmod |
| 5 | designated | designate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 location | acl |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 terms | case |
| 7 | British | British | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 terms | amod |
| 8 | terms | term | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 designated | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Ascertain | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ascertain | imperative | you not said here | the location | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent location=Topic | ||||
| 2 | designate | participle | the location not said here | British terms | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
The first floor
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 floor | det |
| 2 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 3 floor | amod |
| 3 | floor | floor | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
The basement
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 basement | det |
| 2 | basement | basement | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
The second floor
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 floor | det |
| 2 | second | second | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 3 floor | amod |
| 3 | floor | floor | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
The ground floor
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 floor | det |
| 2 | ground | ground | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 floor | compound |
| 3 | floor | floor | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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