--- title: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises an a… — Sweets, change and a friend's toy · tree and pragmatics description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises an article deposited in a school's lost property? 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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/everyday/338-sweets-change-and-a-friends-toy/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:338-sweets-change-and-a-friends-toy:e3:1 # text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises an article deposited in a school's lost property? 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 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 article article NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 deposited deposit VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 acl _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 school school NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 15 's 's PART POS _ 14 case _ _ 16 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 amod _ _ 17 property property NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | 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 article | | | | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **deposit** | participle | | a article *not said here* | | a school's lost property | | | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in property=Destination | | 4 | **lose** | participle | | | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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} It becomes the property of the finder ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:338-sweets-change-and-a-friends-toy:e3:o1:1 # text = It becomes the property of the finder 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 becomes become VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 property property NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 xcomp _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 finder finder NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **become** | present | It | the property of the finder | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} It becomes the property of the school forthwith ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:338-sweets-change-and-a-friends-toy:e3:o2:1 # text = It becomes the property of the school forthwith 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 becomes become VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 property property NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 xcomp _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 school school NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 8 forthwith forthwith ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **become** | present | It | the property of the school | | | | forthwith *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} It remains the property of its owner ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:338-sweets-change-and-a-friends-toy:e3:o3:1 # text = It remains the property of its owner 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 remains remain VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 property property NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 owner owner NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **remain** | present | It | the property of property's owner | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme property=Attribute | ### Option 4 {#o4} It belongs to no person whatsoever once lost ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:338-sweets-change-and-a-friends-toy:e3:o4:1 # text = It belongs to no person whatsoever once lost 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 belongs belong VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 5 det _ _ 5 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 whatsoever whatsoever ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 7 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 8 advmod _ _ 8 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **belong** | present | It | | | | | to no person; whatsoever *property* | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **lose** | participle | | | | | | once *property* | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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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