Exam question 1 · Borrowed words from far away: Hindi, Arabic, Chinese, Ukra…

Identify the origin of the English word "algorithm".

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify · To what, where: origin

This is exam question 1 of lesson 24 «Borrowed words from far away: Hindi, Arabic, Chinese, Ukrainian and more» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 origin	det
3	origin	origin	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 word	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 word	det
6	English	English	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 word	amod
7	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 origin	nmod
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 algorithm	punct
9	algorithm	algorithm	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 word	appos
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 algorithm	punct
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the origin of the English word					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent origin=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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

The Greek term for a rhythmic sequence of numbers employed in music

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 term	det
2	Greek	Greek	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 term	amod
3	term	term	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	7 sequence	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 sequence	det
6	rhythmic	rhythmic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 sequence	amod
7	sequence	sequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 term	nmod
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 numbers	case
9	numbers	number	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 sequence	nmod
10	employed	employ	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 numbers	acl
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 music	case
12	music	music	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 employed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	employ	participle		numbers not said here		music			vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

The Latin term for calculation

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 term	det
2	Latin	Latin	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 term	amod
3	term	term	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 calculation	case
5	calculation	calculation	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 term	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The name of the ninth-century Baghdad scholar al-Khwarizmi

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 name	det
2	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 scholar	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	7 century	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 century	det
5	ninth	ninth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 century	amod
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 ninth	punct
7	century	century	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 name	nmod
8	Baghdad	Baghdad	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 scholar	compound
9	scholar	scholar	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	al	Al	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 scholar	appos
11	-	-	PUNCT	_	12 Khwarizmi	punct
12	Khwarizmi	Khwarizmi	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 al	flat

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	name			the ninth century					nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

A Japanese word for a method

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 word	det
2	Japanese	Japanese	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 word	amod
3	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 method	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 method	det
6	method	method	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 word	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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