Exam question 1 · Texting, abbreviations and emoji

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the origin of the word "emoji"?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: origin

This is exam question 1 of lesson 30 «Texting, abbreviations and emoji» 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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 origin	det
10	origin	origin	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 word	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 word	det
13	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 origin	nmod
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	15 emoji	punct
15	emoji	emoji	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 word	appos
16	"	"	PUNCT	_	15 emoji	punct
17	?	?	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		the origin of the word				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 · ← Mova's choice

It derives from the French "émoi"

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 derives	nsubj
2	derives	derive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	7 émoi	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 émoi	det
5	French	French	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 émoi	amod
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 émoi	punct
7	émoi	émoi	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 derives	obl
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 émoi	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	derive	present	It			the French émoi			vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: agent=Agent from émoi=Material

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It derives from the Japanese for "picture" and "character"

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 derives	nsubj
2	derives	derive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	5 Japanese	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Japanese	det
5	Japanese	Japanese	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 derives	obl
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 picture	case
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 picture	punct
8	picture	picture	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 Japanese	obl
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 picture	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 character	cc
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 character	punct
12	character	character	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 picture	conj
13	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 character	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	derive	present	It			the Japanese			vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: agent=Agent from japanese=Material

Option 3

It derives from the English word "emotion"

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 derives	nsubj
2	derives	derive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	6 word	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 word	det
5	English	English	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 word	amod
6	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 derives	obl
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 emotion	punct
8	emotion	emotion	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 word	appos
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 emotion	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	derive	present	It			the English word			vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: agent=Agent from word=Material

Option 4

It derives from the Latin "emovere"

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 derives	nsubj
2	derives	derive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	5 Latin	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Latin	det
5	Latin	Latin	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 derives	obl
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 emovere	punct
7	emovere	emovere	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 Latin	appos
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 emovere	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	derive	present	It			the Latin			vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: agent=Agent from latin=Material

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