--- title: Identify the relative pronoun appropriate to the completion of «The… — Relative clauses · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the relative pronoun appropriate to the completion of «The girl ___ bicycle was stolen reported the theft». Exam question 1 of lesson 30 «Relative clauses» of the English course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/30-relative-clauses/e1/) [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/) / [Relative clauses](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/30-relative-clauses/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Relative clauses Identify the relative pronoun appropriate to the completion of «The girl \_\_\_ bicycle was stolen reported the theft». **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, report, complete · **To what, where:** relative pronoun, theft, girl · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is exam question 1 of lesson 30 «Relative clauses» 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/30-relative-clauses/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:30-relative-clauses:e1:1 # text = Identify the relative pronoun appropriate to the completion of «The girl ___ bicycle was stolen reported the theft». 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 relative relative ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 pronoun pronoun NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 appropriate appropriate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 completion completion NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 « « PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 13 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 18 punct _ _ 16 bicycle bicycle NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj:pass _ _ 17 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux:pass _ _ 18 stolen steal VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 aux:pass _ _ 19 reported report VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 parataxis _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 theft theft NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 » » PUNCT '' _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the relative pronoun | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent pronoun=Theme clause=Attribute | | 2 | **report** *in a quote* | participle · passive | | the theft | | | | | vn prosecute-33.2 «NP V NP»: theft=Patient | | 3 | **complete** | | | the girl | | | | | nom completion «act 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 {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} which ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:30-relative-clauses:e1:o1:1 # text = which 1 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} whose ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:30-relative-clauses:e1:o2:1 # text = whose 1 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} who's ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:30-relative-clauses:e1:o3:1 # text = who's 1 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} what ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:30-relative-clauses:e1:o4:1 # text = what 1 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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