Exam question 4 · Roads and road signs

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the meaning of a triangular road sign in the United Kingdom?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris, mean · To what, where: meaning, triangular road sign

This is exam question 4 of lesson 31 «Roads and road signs» of the technology 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 meaning	det
10	meaning	meaning	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	15 sign	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 sign	det
13	triangular	triangular	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 sign	amod
14	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 sign	compound
15	sign	sign	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 meaning	nmod
16	in	in	ADP	_	19 Kingdom	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 Kingdom	det
18	United	United	PROPN	_	19 Kingdom	flat
19	Kingdom	Kingdom	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 sign	nmod
20	?	?	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 meaning of a triangular road sign in the United Kingdom	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	mean		a triangular road sign in the United Kingdom		nom meaning «communication 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

It conveys a mandatory instruction

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 conveys	nsubj
2	conveys	convey	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 instruction	det
4	mandatory	mandatory	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 instruction	compound
5	instruction	instruction	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 conveys	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	convey	present	It	a mandatory instruction					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent instruction=Topic

Option 2

It is reserved for the use of cyclists

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 reserved	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 reserved	aux:pass
3	reserved	reserve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 use	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 use	det
6	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reserved	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 cyclists	case
8	cyclists	cyclist	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 use	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reserve	present · passive		It				for the use of cyclists	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Theme for use=Beneficiary
2	use			cyclists					nom use «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It conveys a warning of a hazard ahead

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 conveys	nsubj
2	conveys	convey	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 warning	det
4	warning	warning	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 conveys	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 hazard	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 hazard	det
7	hazard	hazard	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 warning	nmod
8	ahead	ahead	ADV	_	2 conveys	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	convey	present	It	a warning of a hazard				ahead property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent warning=Topic
2	warn			a hazard					nom warning «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

It conveys information concerning destinations

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 conveys	nsubj
2	conveys	convey	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	information	information	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 conveys	obj
4	concerning	concerning	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 destinations	amod
5	destinations	destination	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 conveys	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	convey	present	It	information					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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