Exam question 4 · Left out: the party, the new school, the third wheel

In respect of the term "staycation", determine which description is correct.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, description · What happens: determine, be, respect · To what, where: respect, term

This is exam question 4 of lesson 21 «Left out: the party, the new school, the third wheel» of the reflection 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	In	in	ADP	_	2 respect	case
2	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 determine	obl
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 term	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 term	det
5	term	term	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 respect	nmod
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 staycation	punct
7	staycation	staycation	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 term	appos
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 staycation	punct
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 respect	punct
10	determine	determine	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	12 description	det
12	description	description	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 correct	nsubj
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 correct	cop
14	correct	correct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 determine	ccomp
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 determine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	determine	imperative	you not said here		respect of the term		vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	which description			correct property	tree rules
3	respect			the term			nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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

A holiday of extended duration abroad

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 holiday	det
2	holiday	holiday	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 duration	case
4	extended	extended	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 duration	amod
5	duration	duration	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 holiday	nmod
6	abroad	abroad	ADV	_	2 holiday	advmod

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

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

A holiday spent at or near one's home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 holiday	det
2	holiday	holiday	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	spent	spend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 holiday	acl
4	at	at	ADP	_	9 home	case
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	4 at	fixed
6	near	near	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 one	amod
7	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 home	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 one	case
9	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 spent	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spend	participle		a holiday not said here		near one's home			vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

A holiday taken during school term

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 holiday	det
2	holiday	holiday	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 holiday	acl
4	during	during	ADP	_	6 term	case
5	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 term	compound
6	term	term	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 taken	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	participle		a holiday not said here			during school term		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

A holiday cancelled prior to departure

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 holiday	det
2	holiday	holiday	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	cancelled	cancel	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 holiday	acl
4	prior	prior	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	6 departure	case
5	to	to	ADP	_	4 prior	fixed
6	departure	departure	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cancelled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cancel	participle		a holiday not said here				prior departure	tree rules

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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