Exam question 3 · Pencils, paper and school things

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the printing of coloured pictures in magazines?

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

This is exam question 3 of lesson 6 «Pencils, paper and school things» 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 printing	det
10	printing	printing	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 pictures	case
12	coloured	coloured	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 pictures	amod
13	pictures	picture	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 printing	nmod
14	in	in	ADP	_	15 magazines	case
15	magazines	magazine	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 pictures	nmod
16	?	?	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 printing of coloured pictures in magazines	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	print		coloured pictures in magazines		nom printing «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

Each colour in the picture is printed with its own separate ink

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	2 colour	det
2	colour	colour	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 printed	nsubj:pass
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 picture	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 picture	det
5	picture	picture	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 colour	nmod
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 printed	aux:pass
7	printed	print	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	with	with	ADP	_	12 ink	case
9	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 ink	nmod:poss
10	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 ink	amod
11	separate	separate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 ink	amod
12	ink	ink	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 printed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	print	present · passive		each colour in the picture				with colour's own separate ink	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2

The picture is painted by hand upon every copy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 picture	det
2	picture	picture	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 painted	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 painted	aux:pass
4	painted	paint	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 hand	case
6	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 painted	obl
7	upon	upon	ADP	_	9 copy	case
8	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	9 copy	det
9	copy	copy	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 painted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	paint	present · passive	hand	the picture		every copy			vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent subject=Theme upon copy=Destination

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Minute dots of four inks, namely cyan, magenta, yellow and black, are printed in succession

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Minute	minute	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 dots	amod
2	dots	dot	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 printed	nsubj:pass
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 inks	case
4	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 inks	nummod
5	inks	link	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 dots	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 cyan	punct
7	namely	namely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 cyan	amod
8	cyan	cyan	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 inks	appos
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 magenta	punct
10	magenta	magenta	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 cyan	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 yellow	punct
12	yellow	yellow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 cyan	appos
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 black	cc
14	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 yellow	conj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 dots	punct
16	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 printed	aux:pass
17	printed	print	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
18	in	in	ADP	_	19 succession	case
19	succession	succession	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 printed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	print	present · passive		Minute dots of four inks		succession			vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in succession=Destination

Option 4

Black ink alone is employed and coloured by light

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 ink	amod
2	ink	ink	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 employed	nsubj:pass
3	alone	alone	ADV	_	2 ink	advmod
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 employed	aux:pass
5	employed	employ	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 coloured	cc
7	coloured	colour	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 employed	conj
8	by	by	ADP	_	9 light	case
9	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 coloured	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	employ	present · passive		Black ink					vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	colour	participle						by light	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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