Exam question 3 · School legends

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the term urban legend?

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

This is exam question 3 of lesson 24 «School legends» 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 term	det
10	term	term	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 legend	compound
11	urban	urban	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 legend	amod
12	legend	legend	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
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		term urban legend				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 account attributed to an unverifiable acquaintance of an acquaintance

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 account	det
2	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	attributed	attribute	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 account	acl
4	to	to	ADP	_	7 acquaintance	case
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 acquaintance	det
6	unverifiable	unverifiable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 acquaintance	amod
7	acquaintance	acquaintance	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 attributed	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 acquaintance	case
9	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 acquaintance	det
10	acquaintance	acquaintance	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 acquaintance	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	attribute	participle		a account not said here				to a unverifiable acquaintance of a acquaintance	tree rules
2	acquaint			a acquaintance					nom acquaintance «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

A collection of facts concerning large cities

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 collection	det
2	collection	collection	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 facts	case
4	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 collection	nmod
5	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 facts	acl
6	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 cities	amod
7	cities	city	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 concerning	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	concern	gerund	facts not said here	large cities					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus city=Experiencer

Option 3

An account verified by a court of law

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 account	det
2	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	verified	verify	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 account	acl
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 court	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 court	det
6	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 verified	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 law	case
8	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 court	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	verify	participle		a account not said here				by a court of law	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

A regulation issued by municipal authorities

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 regulation	det
2	regulation	regulation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	issued	issue	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 regulation	acl
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 authorities	case
5	municipal	municipal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 authorities	amod
6	authorities	authority	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 issued	obl:agent

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	issue	participle		a regulation not said here					vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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