Exam question 3 · Building words: prefixes, suffixes and compounds

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the word "hamburger".

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, word

This is exam question 3 of lesson 37 «Building words: prefixes, suffixes and compounds» 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 word	det
11	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 hamburger	punct
13	hamburger	hamburger	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 word	appos
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 hamburger	punct
15	.	.	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 word		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus word=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

Its name derives from ham, its original principal ingredient

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 name	nmod:poss
2	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 derives	nsubj
3	derives	derive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	5 ham	case
5	ham	ham	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 derives	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 ingredient	punct
7	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 ingredient	nmod:poss
8	original	original	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 ingredient	amod
9	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 ingredient	amod
10	ingredient	ingredient	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 ham	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	derive	present	Its name			ham and name's original principal ingredient			vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: agent=Agent from ham=Material
2	name		Its = it						nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

Its name derives from a cook surnamed Hamburg

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 name	nmod:poss
2	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 derives	nsubj
3	derives	derive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 cook	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 cook	det
6	cook	cook	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 derives	obl
7	surnamed	surname	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 cook	acl
8	Hamburg	Hamburg	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 surnamed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	derive	present	Its name		a cook	vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: agent=Agent from cook=Material
2	surname	participle	a cook not said here	Hamburg		tree rules
3	name		Its = it			nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Its name derives from the German city of Hamburg rather than from ham

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 name	nmod:poss
2	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 derives	nsubj
3	derives	derive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	7 city	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 city	det
6	German	German	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 city	amod
7	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 derives	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 Hamburg	case
9	Hamburg	Hamburg	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 city	nmod
10	rather	rather	ADV	ExtPos=CCONJ	13 ham	cc
11	than	than	ADP	_	10 rather	fixed
12	from	from	ADP	_	13 ham	case
13	ham	ham	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 derives	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	derive	present	Its name			the German city of Hamburg			vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: agent=Agent from city=Material
2	name		Its = it						nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

Its name derives from Shakespeare's play Hamlet

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 name	nmod:poss
2	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 derives	nsubj
3	derives	derive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	8 Hamlet	case
5	Shakespeare	Shakespeare	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Hamlet	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 Shakespeare	case
7	play	play	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 Hamlet	compound
8	Hamlet	hamlet	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 derives	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	derive	present	Its name			Shakespeare's play Hamlet			vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: agent=Agent from hamlet=Material
2	name		Its = it						nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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