Exam question 1 · Finders keepers and what belongs to whom

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the ownership of an item that has been lost?

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

This is exam question 1 of lesson 42 «Finders keepers and what belongs to whom» of the religion ethics 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 ownership	det
10	ownership	ownership	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 item	case
12	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 item	det
13	item	item	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 ownership	nmod
14	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	17 lost	nsubj:pass
15	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 lost	aux
16	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	17 lost	aux:pass
17	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 item	acl:relcl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the ownership of a item	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	lose	present · perfect · passive	a item		vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality

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

Ownership remains vested in the original owner notwithstanding its discovery by another

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ownership	ownership	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 remains	nsubj
2	remains	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	vested	vested	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 remains	xcomp
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 owner	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 owner	det
6	original	original	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 owner	amod
7	owner	owner	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 remains	obl
8	notwithstanding	notwithstand	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 owner	acl
9	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 discovery	nmod:poss
10	discovery	discovery	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 notwithstanding	obj
11	by	by	ADP	_	12 another	case
12	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	8 notwithstanding	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	remain	present	Ownership		the original owner	vested property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in owner=Location
2	notwithstand	gerund	the original owner not said here	Ownership's discovery		by another	tree rules
3	discover		Ownership				nom discovery «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

Ownership passes to the state immediately upon loss

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ownership	ownership	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 passes	nsubj
2	passes	pass	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 state	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 state	det
5	state	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 passes	obl
6	immediately	immediately	ADV	_	2 passes	advmod
7	upon	upon	ADP	_	8 loss	case
8	loss	loss	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 passes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pass	present	Ownership			loss		to the state; immediately property	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme upon loss=Location

Option 3

Ownership passes automatically to whosoever first discovers the item

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ownership	ownership	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 passes	nsubj
2	passes	pass	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	automatically	automatically	ADV	_	2 passes	advmod
4	to	to	SCONJ	_	7 discovers	mark
5	whosoever	whosoever	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 discovers	obj
6	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	7 discovers	advmod
7	discovers	discover	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 passes	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 item	det
9	item	item	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 discovers	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pass	present	Ownership					automatically property	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	discover	present	Ownership not said here	whosoever				first property	tree rules

Option 4

Ownership is extinguished entirely upon the item being mislaid

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ownership	ownership	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 extinguished	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 extinguished	aux:pass
3	extinguished	extinguish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	3 extinguished	advmod
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 item	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 item	det
7	item	item	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 extinguished	obl
8	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 mislaid	aux:pass
9	mislaid	mislay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 item	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	extinguish	present · passive		Ownership				upon the item; entirely property	vn remedy-45.7-1 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient
2	mislay	gerund · passive		the item not said here					tree rules

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