Exam question 1 · Kinds of sentences: statements, questions, commands, excla…

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises an imperative sentence?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: imperative sentence

This is exam question 1 of lesson 7 «Kinds of sentences: statements, questions, commands, exclamations» 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	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 sentence	det
10	imperative	imperative	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 sentence	amod
11	sentence	sentence	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
12	?	?	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		a imperative sentence				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 · ✓ the right answer

A sentence directing the addressee to perform an action, the subject being understood

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 sentence	det
2	sentence	sentence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	directing	direct	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 sentence	acl
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 addressee	det
5	addressee	addressee	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 directing	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 perform	mark
7	perform	perform	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 directing	advcl
8	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 action	det
9	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 perform	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 subject	punct
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 subject	det
12	subject	subject	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sentence	appos
13	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	14 understood	aux:pass
14	understood	understand	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 subject	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	direct	gerund	a sentence not said here	the addressee	vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: agent=Agent addressee=Eventuality
2	perform	to-infinitive	a sentence not said here	a action	vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent action=Theme
3	understand	gerund · passive		the subject not said here	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»

Option 2

A sentence soliciting information from the addressee

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 sentence	det
2	sentence	sentence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	soliciting	solicit	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 sentence	acl
4	information	information	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 soliciting	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 addressee	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 addressee	det
7	addressee	addressee	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 soliciting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	solicit	gerund	a sentence not said here	information		the addressee			tree rules

Option 3

A sentence recording a fact in the past tense

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 sentence	det
2	sentence	sentence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	recording	record	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 sentence	acl
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 fact	det
5	fact	fact	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 recording	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 tense	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 tense	det
8	past	past	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 tense	amod
9	tense	tense	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 recording	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	record	gerund	a sentence not said here	a fact		the past tense			vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent fact=Theme in tense=Destination

Option 4

A sentence expressing an emotion without direction

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 sentence	det
2	sentence	sentence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	expressing	express	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 sentence	acl
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 emotion	det
5	emotion	emotion	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 expressing	obj
6	without	without	ADP	_	7 direction	case
7	direction	direction	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 expressing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	express	gerund	a sentence not said here	a emotion				without direction	vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent emotion=Theme

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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