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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the varieties of English spoken around the world? Exam question 1 of lesson 19 «Accents and dialects around the world» of the language course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each 
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# Exam question 1 · Accents and dialects around the world

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the varieties of English spoken around the world?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris, speak · **To what, where:** varieties, world · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 19 «Accents and dialects around the world» 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/19-accents-and-dialects-around-the-world/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:19-accents-and-dialects-around-the-world:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the varieties of English spoken around the world?
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	varieties	variety	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	English	English	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
13	spoken	speak	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl	_	_
14	around	around	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	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 varieties of English |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **speak** *speech: other* | participle |  | the varieties of English *not said here* |  | the world |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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None is recognised as a form of English

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:19-accents-and-dialects-around-the-world:e1:o1:1
# text = None is recognised as a form of English
1	None	none	PRON	NN	PronType=Neg	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	recognised	recognise	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	as	as	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	English	English	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **recognise** | present · passive |  | None |  |  |  | as a form of English | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus as form=Attribute |
| 2 | **form** |  |  | English |  |  |  |  | nom form «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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All are identical in vocabulary and pronunciation

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:19-accents-and-dialects-around-the-world:e1:o2:1
# text = All are identical in vocabulary and pronunciation
1	All	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	identical	identical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	vocabulary	vocabulary	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	pronunciation	pronunciation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | All |  |  | vocabulary and pronunciation |  | identical *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Each possesses distinctive vocabulary and rules of its own

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:19-accents-and-dialects-around-the-world:e1:o3:1
# text = Each possesses distinctive vocabulary and rules of its own
1	Each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	nsubj	_	_
2	possesses	possess	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	distinctive	distinctive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	vocabulary	vocabulary	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	rules	rule	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **possess** | present | Each | distinctive vocabulary and rules of its own |  |  |  |  | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot vocabulary=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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All constitute defective imitations of British English

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:19-accents-and-dialects-around-the-world:e1:o4:1
# text = All constitute defective imitations of British English
1	All	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	advmod	_	_
2	constitute	constitute	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	defective	defective	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	imitations	imitation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	British	British	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	English	English	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **constitute** | present |  | defective imitations of British English |  |  |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme imitation=Pivot |
| 2 | **imitate** |  |  | British English |  |  |  |  | nom imitation «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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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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