--- title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Word classes: the jobs words do · tree and pragmatics description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the word «my» in «my dog». Exam question 3 of lesson 27 «Word classes: the jobs words do» of the English course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/27-word-classes-the-jobs-words-do/e3/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [English](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/) / [Word classes: the jobs words do](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/27-word-classes-the-jobs-words-do/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Word classes: the jobs words do Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the word «my» in «my dog». **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern · **To what, where:** response, word This is exam question 3 of lesson 27 «Word classes: the jobs words do» of the English 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/english/27-word-classes-the-jobs-words-do/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:27-word-classes-the-jobs-words-do:e3:1 # text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the word «my» in «my dog». 1 Select select VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 response response NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 consistent consistent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 xcomp _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 established establish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 amod _ _ 8 facts fact NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 9 concerning concern VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 8 acl _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 « « PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 14 » » PUNCT '' _ 18 punct _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 « « PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 19 » » PUNCT '' _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response | | | | consistent *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme | | 2 | **establish** | participle | | | | | | | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot | | 3 | **concern** | gerund | the established facts *not said here* | the word | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus word=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 {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} It functions as a possessive determiner ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:27-word-classes-the-jobs-words-do:e3:o1:1 # text = It functions as a possessive determiner 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 functions function VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 as as ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 possessive possessive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 determiner determiner NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **function** | present | It | | | | | as a possessive determiner | vn masquerade-29.6 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as determiner=Attribute | ### Option 2 {#o2} It functions as a proper noun ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:27-word-classes-the-jobs-words-do:e3:o2:1 # text = It functions as a proper noun 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 functions function VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 as as ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 proper proper ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 noun noun NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **function** | present | It | | | | | as a proper noun | vn masquerade-29.6 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as noun=Attribute | ### Option 3 {#o3} It functions as a verb ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:27-word-classes-the-jobs-words-do:e3:o3:1 # text = It functions as a verb 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 functions function VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 as as ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 verb verb NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **function** | present | It | | | | | as a verb | vn masquerade-29.6 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as verb=Attribute | ### Option 4 {#o4} It functions as a conjunction ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:27-word-classes-the-jobs-words-do:e3:o4:1 # text = It functions as a conjunction 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 functions function VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 as as ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 conjunction conjunction NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **function** | present | It | | | | | as a conjunction | vn masquerade-29.6 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as conjunction=Attribute | **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. 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