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description: Which of the following most accurately characterises the origin of the LEGO company? Exam question 2 of lesson 32 «Lego builds: instructions vs your own ideas» of the arts course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was w
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# Exam question 2 · Lego builds: instructions vs your own ideas

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Which of the following most accurately characterises the origin of the LEGO company?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** origin

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 32 «Lego builds: instructions vs your own ideas» of the arts 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/arts/32-lego-builds-instructions-vs-your-own-ideas/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:32-lego-builds-instructions-vs-your-own-ideas:e2:1
# text = Which of the following most accurately characterises the origin of the LEGO company?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	csubj	_	_
5	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	6	advmod	_	_
6	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	origin	origin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	LEGO	LEGO	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	company	company	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | the origin of the LEGO company |  |  |  | accurately *property* | tree rules |

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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 {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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A Chinese company founded in the present century

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:32-lego-builds-instructions-vs-your-own-ideas:e2:o1:1
# text = A Chinese company founded in the present century
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Chinese	Chinese	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	company	company	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	founded	found	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	present	present	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	century	century	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **found** | participle |  | a Chinese company *not said here* |  |  | century |  | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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An American company founded in 1958

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:32-lego-builds-instructions-vs-your-own-ideas:e2:o2:1
# text = An American company founded in 1958
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	American	American	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	company	company	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	founded	found	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	1958	1958	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **found** | participle |  | a American company *not said here* |  | 1958 |  |  | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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A Danish company founded in 1932 whose name derives from "leg godt"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:32-lego-builds-instructions-vs-your-own-ideas:e2:o3:1
# text = A Danish company founded in 1932 whose name derives from "leg godt"
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Danish	danish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	company	company	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
4	founded	found	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	1932	1932	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	obl	_	_
7	whose	whose	PRON	WP$	Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	_
9	derives	derive	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	leg	leg	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	godt	godt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **found** | participle |  | a Danish company *not said here* |  | 1932 |  |  | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **derive** | present | a Danish company |  |  | leg godt |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: agent=Agent from godt=Material |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A company whose name derives from the English word "leg"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:32-lego-builds-instructions-vs-your-own-ideas:e2:o4:1
# text = A company whose name derives from the English word "leg"
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	company	company	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	whose	whose	PRON	WP$	Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	derives	derive	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	English	English	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	leg	leg	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **derive** | present | a company |  |  | the English word |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: agent=Agent from word=Material |

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**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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