Exam question 2 · Pan, panic and Ulysses: the old myths and old words inside…

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the origin of the English word «panic».

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, origin

This is exam question 2 of lesson 43 «Pan, panic and Ulysses: the old myths and old words inside «The Wind in the Willows»» 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 origin	det
11	origin	origin	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	15 word	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 word	det
14	English	English	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 word	amod
15	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 origin	nmod
16	«	«	PUNCT	_	17 panic	punct
17	panic	panic	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 word	appos
18	»	»	PUNCT	_	17 panic	punct
19	.	.	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 origin of the English word		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus origin=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 · ✓ the right answer

It derives from the god Pan, to whom sudden irrational terror was attributed

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 Pan	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Pan	det
5	god	God	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Pan	compound
6	Pan	Pan	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 derives	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 whom	punct
8	to	to	ADP	_	9 whom	case
9	whom	whom	PRON	PronType=Rel	2 derives	obl
10	sudden	sudden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 terror	amod
11	irrational	irrational	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 terror	amod
12	terror	terror	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 attributed	nsubj:pass
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 attributed	aux:pass
14	attributed	attribute	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 whom	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	derive	present	It			the god Pan			vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: agent=Agent from pan=Material
2	attribute	past · passive		sudden irrational terror					tree rules

Option 2

It derives from the name of a Roman emperor

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 name	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 name	det
5	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 derives	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 emperor	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 emperor	det
8	Roman	roman	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 emperor	amod
9	emperor	emperor	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 name	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	derive	present	It			the name of a Roman emperor			vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: agent=Agent from name=Material
2	name			a Roman emperor					nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

It derives from an implement of the kitchen, which made a great noise when dropped upon stone

The tree, 17 words

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 implement	case
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 implement	det
5	implement	implement	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 derives	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 kitchen	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 kitchen	det
8	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 implement	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 made	punct
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 made	nsubj
11	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 kitchen	acl:relcl
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 noise	det
13	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 noise	amod
14	noise	noise	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 made	obj
15	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	16 dropped	advmod
16	dropped	drop	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 made	advcl
17	upon	upon	ADP	_	18 stone	case
18	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 dropped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	derive	present	It		a implement of the kitchen	vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: agent=Agent from implement=Material
2	make	past	the kitchen	a great noise		vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset noise=Product
3	drop	participle	the kitchen not said here		stone	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme upon stone=Trajectory

Option 4

It derives from an Old English word for haste

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 word	case
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 word	det
5	Old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 word	amod
6	English	English	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 word	amod
7	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 derives	obl
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 haste	case
9	haste	haste	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 word	nmod

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

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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