Exam question 4 · Days, weeks and months

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the origin of the seven-day week.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, response, established facts · What happens: select, be, establish, concern · To what, where: response, origin

This is exam question 4 of lesson 111 «Days, weeks and months» of the world 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 consistent	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 consistent	cop
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	acl:relcl
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 facts	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 facts	det
9	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 facts	amod
10	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 consistent	obl
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 facts	acl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 origin	det
13	origin	origin	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	19 week	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 week	det
16	seven	seven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	18 day	nummod
17	-	-	PUNCT	_	16 seven	punct
18	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 week	compound
19	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 origin	nmod
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	is	present	the response		with the established facts; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the origin of the day week		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus origin=Experiencer

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 derives solely from the number of planets now known

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 derives	nsubj
2	derives	derive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	solely	solely	ADV	_	2 derives	advmod
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 number	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 number	det
6	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 derives	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 planets	case
8	planets	planet	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 number	nmod
9	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 known	advmod
10	known	know	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 derives	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	derive	present	It			the number of planets		solely property	vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: agent=Agent from number=Material
2	know	participle					now		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Several origins are proposed, and none is known with certainty

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Several	several	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 origins	amod
2	origins	origin	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 proposed	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 proposed	aux:pass
4	proposed	propose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 known	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 known	cc
7	none	none	PRON	PronType=Neg	9 known	nsubj:pass
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 known	aux:pass
9	known	know	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 proposed	conj
10	with	with	ADP	_	11 certainty	case
11	certainty	certainty	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 known	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	propose	present · passive		Several origins					vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	know	present · passive		none				with certainty	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus

Option 3

It was devised in the twentieth century

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 devised	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 devised	aux:pass
3	devised	devise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 century	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 century	det
6	twentieth	twentieth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 century	amod
7	century	century	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 devised	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	devise	past · passive		It			century		vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 4

It was fixed by an international vote in 1900

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 fixed	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 fixed	aux:pass
3	fixed	fix	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	7 vote	case
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 vote	det
6	international	international	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 vote	amod
7	vote	vote	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fixed	obl
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 1900	case
9	1900	1900	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 fixed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fix	past · passive	a international vote	It		1900			vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent subject=Patient

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