--- title: Identify the formulation which indicates a single bowl held in commo… — The apostrophe war · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the formulation which indicates a single bowl held in common by several dogs. Exam question 2 of lesson 15 «The apostrophe war» of the language course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/15-the-apostrophe-war/e2/) [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/) / [Language](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/) / [The apostrophe war](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/15-the-apostrophe-war/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · The apostrophe war Identify the formulation which indicates a single bowl held in common by several dogs. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, formulation · **What happens:** identify, indicate, hold · **To what, where:** formulation, single bowl, common This is exam question 2 of lesson 15 «The apostrophe war» of the language 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/language/15-the-apostrophe-war/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:15-the-apostrophe-war:e2:1 # text = Identify the formulation which indicates a single bowl held in common by several dogs. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 formulation formulation NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 5 indicates indicate VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 single single ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 bowl bowl NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 9 held hold VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 acl _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 common common ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 obl _ _ 12 by by ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 several several ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 dogs dog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the formulation | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent formulation=Theme | | 2 | **indicate** | present | the formulation | a single bowl | | | | | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot bowl=Topic | | 3 | **hold** | participle | | a single bowl *not said here* | | common | | by several dogs | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in common=Location | 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} the dog's bowls ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:15-the-apostrophe-war:e2:o1:1 # text = the dog's bowls 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 bowls bowl NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} the dogs bowl's ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:15-the-apostrophe-war:e2:o2:1 # text = the dogs bowl's 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 dogs dog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 compound _ _ 3 bowl bowl NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} the dog's bowl ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:15-the-apostrophe-war:e2:o3:1 # text = the dog's bowl 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 bowl bowl NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} the dogs' bowl ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:15-the-apostrophe-war:e2:o4:1 # text = the dogs' bowl 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 dogs dog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ' 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 bowl bowl NOUN NN Number=Sing 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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