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# Exam question 3 · Boasting cousins and made-up holidays

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the ascent of the Eiffel Tower by visitors?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** ascent

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 435 «Boasting cousins and made-up holidays» of the everyday 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/everyday/435-boasting-cousins-and-made-up-holidays/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:435-boasting-cousins-and-made-up-holidays:e3:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the ascent of the Eiffel Tower by visitors?
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	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	ascent	ascent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	Eiffel	Eiffel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	Tower	Tower	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
15	by	by	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	visitors	visitor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	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 |  | the ascent of the Eiffel Tower |  |  |  | of the following statements; by visitors; 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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Children are prohibited from ascending

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:435-boasting-cousins-and-made-up-holidays:e3:o1:1
# text = Children are prohibited from ascending
1	Children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	prohibited	prohibit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	ascending	ascend	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prohibit** | present · passive |  | Children |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **ascend** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The summit may be reached by stairs within five minutes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:435-boasting-cousins-and-made-up-holidays:e3:o2:1
# text = The summit may be reached by stairs within five minutes
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	summit	summit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	reached	reach	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	stairs	stair	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
8	within	within	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	minutes	minute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reach** | may · passive | stairs | the summit |  |  | minute |  | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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No stairs are available to visitors

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:435-boasting-cousins-and-made-up-holidays:e3:o3:1
# text = No stairs are available to visitors
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	stairs	stair	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	available	available	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	visitors	visitor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | no stairs |  |  |  |  | to visitors; available *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The stairs extend only to the second floor, the summit being reached by lift

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:435-boasting-cousins-and-made-up-holidays:e3:o4:1
# text = The stairs extend only to the second floor, the summit being reached by lift
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	stairs	stair	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	extend	extend	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	second	second	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	8	amod	_	_
8	floor	floor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	summit	summit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj:pass	_	_
12	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	13	aux:pass	_	_
13	reached	reach	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	parataxis	_	_
14	by	by	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	lift	lift	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **extend** | present | the stairs |  | the second floor |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2-2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to floor=Recipient |
| 2 | **reach** | gerund · passive | lift | the summit |  |  |  |  | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

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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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