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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a common exception word? Exam question 1 of lesson 3 «Tricky words and common exception words» 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
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# Exam question 1 · Tricky words and common exception words

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a common exception word?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** common exception word

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 3 «Tricky words and common exception words» 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/3-tricky-words-and-common-exception-words/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:3-tricky-words-and-common-exception-words:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a common exception word?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
10	common	common	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
11	exception	exception	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	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 |  | a common exception word |  |  |  | of the following statements; 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 {#o1}

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A word employed exclusively in formal correspondence and in official documents of state

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:3-tricky-words-and-common-exception-words:e1:o1:1
# text = A word employed exclusively in formal correspondence and in official documents of state
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	employed	employ	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	formal	formal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	correspondence	correspondence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	official	official	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	documents	document	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	state	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **employ** | participle |  | a word *not said here* |  | formal correspondence and official documents of state |  | exclusively *property* | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **document** |  |  | state |  |  |  |  | nom document «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A word borrowed recently from a foreign tongue

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:3-tricky-words-and-common-exception-words:e1:o2:1
# text = A word borrowed recently from a foreign tongue
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	borrowed	borrow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	recently	recently	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	foreign	foreign	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	tongue	tongue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **borrow** | participle |  | a word *not said here* |  | a foreign tongue |  | recently *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from tongue=Source |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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A frequently used word of which some part departs from the usual correspondence of sound and letter

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:3-tricky-words-and-common-exception-words:e1:o3:1
# text = A frequently used word of which some part departs from the usual correspondence of sound and letter
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	frequently	frequently	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	amod	_	_
4	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	obl	_	_
7	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	8	det	_	_
8	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	departs	depart	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	usual	usual	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	correspondence	correspondence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	letter	letter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | frequently *property* | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **depart** | present | some part |  |  | the usual correspondence of sound and letter |  | of a used word | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme of which=Initial\_Location from correspondence=Destination |
| 3 | **correspond** |  | sound and letter |  |  |  |  |  | nom correspondence «communication intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A word of which no letter whatsoever corresponds to its sound

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:3-tricky-words-and-common-exception-words:e1:o4:1
# text = A word of which no letter whatsoever corresponds to its sound
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	obl	_	_
5	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	6	det	_	_
6	letter	letter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	corresponds	correspond	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **correspond** | present | no letter |  |  |  |  | of a word; to letter's sound; whatsoever *property* | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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