Exam question 2 · The World Cup

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the record of Brazil in the men's World Cup?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris, record · To what, where: record, World Cup, Brazil

This is exam question 2 of lesson 61 «The World Cup» of the medicine 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 record	det
10	record	record	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 Brazil	case
12	Brazil	Brazil	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 record	nmod
13	in	in	ADP	_	18 Cup	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 men	det
15	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 Cup	nmod:poss
16	's	's	PART	_	15 men	case
17	World	World	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 Cup	compound
18	Cup	Cup	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 record	nmod
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the record of Brazil	the men's World Cup	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	record		Brazil	the men's World Cup		nom record «communication transitive»: of=patient in=place

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

Brazil has secured the title on five occasions

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Brazil	Brazil	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 secured	nsubj
2	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 secured	aux
3	secured	secure	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 title	det
5	title	title	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 secured	obj
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 occasions	case
7	five	five	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 occasions	nummod
8	occasions	occasion	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 secured	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	secure	present · perfect	Brazil	the title		five occasions			vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent title=Theme on occasion=Source

Option 2

Brazil has never secured the title

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Brazil	Brazil	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 secured	nsubj
2	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 secured	aux
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 secured	advmod
4	secured	secure	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 title	det
6	title	title	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 secured	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not secure	present · perfect	Brazil	the title					vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition title=Theme

Option 3

Brazil has secured the title on ten occasions

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Brazil	Brazil	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 secured	nsubj
2	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 secured	aux
3	secured	secure	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 title	det
5	title	title	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 secured	obj
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 occasions	case
7	ten	ten	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 occasions	nummod
8	occasions	occasion	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 secured	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	secure	present · perfect	Brazil	the title		ten occasions			vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent title=Theme on occasion=Source

Option 4

Brazil has secured the title on every occasion

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Brazil	Brazil	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 secured	nsubj
2	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 secured	aux
3	secured	secure	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 title	det
5	title	title	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 secured	obj
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 occasion	case
7	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	8 occasion	det
8	occasion	occasion	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 secured	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	secure	present · perfect	Brazil	the title		every occasion			vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent title=Theme on occasion=Source

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