Exam question 1 · Kings, queens and emperors

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the stature of Napoleon Bonaparte?

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

This is exam question 1 of lesson 19 «Kings, queens and emperors» of the myths 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 stature	det
10	stature	stature	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 Bonaparte	case
12	Napoleon	Napoleon	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 Bonaparte	compound
13	Bonaparte	Bonaparte	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 stature	nmod
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 stature of Napoleon Bonaparte				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

His height was never recorded by any contemporary

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 height	nmod:poss
2	height	height	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 recorded	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 recorded	aux:pass
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 recorded	advmod
5	recorded	record	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 any	case
7	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	5 recorded	obl
8	contemporary	contemporary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 any	fixed

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not record	past · passive		His height				by any	vn transcribe-25.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme by any=Destination

Option 2

He exceeded two metres in height

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 exceeded	nsubj
2	exceeded	exceed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 metres	nummod
4	metres	metre	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 exceeded	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 height	case
6	height	height	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 exceeded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	exceed	past	He	two metres				in height	vn exceed-90 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot metre=Theme in height=Attribute

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He was of approximately average height for a Frenchman of his era

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 height	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 height	cop
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 height	case
4	approximately	approximately	ADV	_	5 average	advmod
5	average	average	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 height	amod
6	height	height	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 Frenchman	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 Frenchman	det
9	Frenchman	frenchman	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 height	nmod
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 era	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 era	nmod:poss
12	era	era	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 Frenchman	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	He					of average height; for a Frenchman of his era	tree rules

Option 4

He was of exceptionally diminutive stature by the standards of any era

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 stature	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 stature	cop
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 stature	case
4	exceptionally	exceptionally	ADV	_	5 diminutive	advmod
5	diminutive	diminutive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 stature	amod
6	stature	stature	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 standards	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 standards	det
9	standards	standard	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 stature	nmod
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 era	case
11	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	12 era	det
12	era	era	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 standards	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	He					of diminutive stature; by the standards of any era	tree rules

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