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title: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises an a… — Nouns: the names of things, people, pl… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises an abstract noun? Exam question 2 of lesson 2 «Nouns: the names of things, people, places and ideas» of the language course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's cho
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# Exam question 2 · Nouns: the names of things, people, places and ideas

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises an abstract noun?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** abstract noun

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 2 «Nouns: the names of things, people, places and ideas» 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/2-nouns-names-of-things-people-places-ideas/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:2-nouns-names-of-things-people-places-ideas:e2:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises an abstract noun?
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	11	det	_	_
10	abstract	abstract	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	noun	noun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	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 |  | a abstract noun |  |  |  | of the following statements; 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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A noun designating a particular person or locality within a nation

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:2-nouns-names-of-things-people-places-ideas:e2:o1:1
# text = A noun designating a particular person or locality within a nation
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	noun	noun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	designating	designate	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	particular	particular	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	locality	locality	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
9	within	within	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	nation	nation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **designate** | gerund | a noun *not said here* | a particular person or locality |  |  |  | within a nation | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent person=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A noun employed exclusively in scientific discourse

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:2-nouns-names-of-things-people-places-ideas:e2:o2:1
# text = A noun employed exclusively in scientific discourse
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	noun	noun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	employed	employ	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	scientific	scientific	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	discourse	discourse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **employ** | participle |  | a noun *not said here* |  | scientific discourse |  | exclusively *property* | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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

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A noun designating an idea or emotion not perceptible by touch

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:2-nouns-names-of-things-people-places-ideas:e2:o3:1
# text = A noun designating an idea or emotion not perceptible by touch
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	noun	noun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	designating	designate	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	idea	idea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	emotion	emotion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	perceptible	perceptible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	touch	touch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **designate** | gerund | a noun *not said here* | a idea or emotion |  |  |  | by touch | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent idea=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A noun designating a particular person or locality

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:2-nouns-names-of-things-people-places-ideas:e2:o4:1
# text = A noun designating a particular person or locality
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	noun	noun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	designating	designate	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	particular	particular	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	locality	locality	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **designate** | gerund | a noun *not said here* | a particular person or locality |  |  |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent person=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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