Exam question 1 · Wants and needs

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a "need"?

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

This is exam question 1 of lesson 7 «Wants and needs» of the money 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	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 need	det
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 need	punct
11	need	need	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 need	punct
13	?	?	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 need				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

An article or condition requisite to life, health or safety

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 article	det
2	article	article	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 requisite	cc
4	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 requisite	compound
5	requisite	requisite	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 article	conj
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 life	case
7	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 requisite	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 health	punct
9	health	health	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 article	conj
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 safety	cc
11	safety	safety	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 article	conj

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

Option 2

Any article which a person earnestly desires

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	2 article	det
2	article	article	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 person	nsubj
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 person	det
5	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 article	conj
6	earnestly	earnestly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 desires	amod
7	desires	desire	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 article	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	person		any article and a person and earnestly desires						tree rules

Option 3

Any article priced in excess of fifty pounds

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	2 article	det
2	article	article	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	priced	price	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 article	acl
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 excess	case
5	excess	excess	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 priced	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 pounds	case
7	fifty	fifty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 pounds	nummod
8	pounds	pound	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 excess	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	price	participle		any article not said here		excess of fifty pounds			vn price-54.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Any article bearing a well-known brand

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	2 article	det
2	article	article	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	bearing	bear	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 article	acl
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 brand	det
5	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	7 known	advmod
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 well	punct
7	known	know	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 brand	amod
8	brand	brand	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bearing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bear	gerund	any article not said here	a known brand					vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brand=Patient
2	know	participle						well property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

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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