Exam question 2 · Prepositions and conjunctions: little words that hold sent…

Identify the principal function of the conjunction "because".

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify · To what, where: principal function

This is exam question 2 of lesson 6 «Prepositions and conjunctions: little words that hold sentences together» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 function	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 function	amod
4	function	function	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 conjunction	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 conjunction	det
7	conjunction	conjunction	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 function	nmod
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 because	punct
9	because	because	SCONJ	_	7 conjunction	nmod
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 because	punct
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal function of the conjunction					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent function=Theme

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 indication of a location

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 indication	det
2	indication	indication	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 location	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 location	det
5	location	location	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 indication	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	indicate			a location					nom indication «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

The expression of a contrast

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 expression	det
2	expression	expression	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 contrast	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 contrast	det
5	contrast	contrast	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 expression	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The introduction of a reason

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 introduction	det
2	introduction	introduction	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 reason	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 reason	det
5	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 introduction	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	introduce			a reason					nom introduction «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

The presentation of an alternative

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 presentation	det
2	presentation	presentation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 alternative	case
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 alternative	det
5	alternative	alternative	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 presentation	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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