Exam question 1 · Phrasal verbs: get up, give up, make up

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a phrasal verb?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: phrasal verb

This is exam question 1 of lesson 26 «Phrasal verbs: get up, give up, make up» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 verb	det
10	phrasal	phrasal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 verb	amod
11	verb	verb	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		a phrasal verb				of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules

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

A verb that is spelled identically in the present and the past tense, such as "put"

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 verb	det
2	verb	verb	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 put	nsubj:outer
3	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 spelled	nsubj:pass
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 spelled	aux:pass
5	spelled	spell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 verb	acl:relcl
6	identically	identically	ADV	_	5 spelled	advmod
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 present	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 present	det
9	present	present	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 spelled	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 tense	cc
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 tense	det
12	past	past	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 tense	amod
13	tense	tense	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 present	conj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 put	punct
15	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=SCONJ	18 put	mark
16	as	as	ADP	_	15 such	fixed
17	"	"	PUNCT	_	18 put	punct
18	put	put	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
19	"	"	PUNCT	_	18 put	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spell	present · passive		a verb		the present and the past tense		identically property	vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: subject=Theme in present=Manner
2	put in a quote	infinitive	a verb						vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

A verb used only in written English

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 verb	det
2	verb	verb	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 verb	acl
4	only	only	ADV	_	7 English	advmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 English	case
6	written	write	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 English	amod
7	English	English	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 used	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	participle		a verb not said here		written English			vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	write	participle							vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

A verb borrowed from another language

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 verb	det
2	verb	verb	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	borrowed	borrow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 verb	acl
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 language	case
5	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	6 language	det
6	language	language	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 borrowed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	borrow	participle		a verb not said here		another language			vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from language=Source

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

A verb combined with a particle so as to produce a distinct meaning

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 verb	det
2	verb	verb	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 produce	nsubj
3	combined	combine	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 verb	acl
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 particle	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 particle	det
6	particle	particle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 combined	obl
7	so	so	ADV	_	10 produce	advmod
8	as	as	SCONJ	_	10 produce	mark
9	to	to	PART	_	10 produce	mark
10	produce	produce	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 meaning	det
12	distinct	distinct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 meaning	amod
13	meaning	meaning	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 produce	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	combine	participle		a verb not said here				with a particle	vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient with particle=Co-Patient
2	produce	to-infinitive	a verb	a distinct meaning					vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meaning=Result

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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