Exam question 4 · Pan, panic and Ulysses: the old myths and old words inside…

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the term «mentor»?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: term

This is exam question 4 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	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 term	det
10	term	term	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	«	«	PUNCT	_	12 mentor	punct
12	mentor	mentor	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 term	appos
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	12 mentor	punct
14	?	?	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 term				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 denotes a sea monster of Greek myth

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 denotes	nsubj
2	denotes	denote	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 monster	det
4	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 monster	compound
5	monster	monster	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 denotes	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 myth	case
7	Greek	Greek	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 myth	amod
8	myth	myth	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 monster	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	denote	present	It	a sea monster of Greek myth					vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot monster=Topic

Option 2

It denotes a Roman coin

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 denotes	nsubj
2	denotes	denote	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 coin	det
4	Roman	roman	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 coin	amod
5	coin	coin	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 denotes	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	denote	present	It	a Roman coin					vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot coin=Topic

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It denotes a wise guide and derives from a character in the Odyssey

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 denotes	nsubj
2	denotes	denote	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 guide	det
4	wise	wise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 guide	amod
5	guide	guide	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 denotes	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 derives	cc
7	derives	derive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 denotes	conj
8	from	from	ADP	_	10 character	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 character	det
10	character	character	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 derives	obl
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 Odyssey	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Odyssey	det
13	Odyssey	Odyssey	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 derives	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	denote	present	It	a wise guide					vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot guide=Topic
2	derive	present				a character		in the Odyssey	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in odyssey=Location

Option 4

It denotes a musical instrument made of reeds and played by the shepherds of Arcadia

The tree, 15 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 denotes	nsubj
2	denotes	denote	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 instrument	det
4	musical	musical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 instrument	amod
5	instrument	instrument	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 denotes	obj
6	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 instrument	acl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 reeds	case
8	reeds	reed	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 made	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 played	cc
10	played	play	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 made	conj
11	by	by	ADP	_	13 shepherds	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 shepherds	det
13	shepherds	shepherd	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 played	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 Arcadia	case
15	Arcadia	Arcadia	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 shepherds	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	denote	present	It	a musical instrument		vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot instrument=Topic
2	make	participle		a musical instrument not said here	of reeds	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
3	play	participle			by the shepherds of Arcadia	vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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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