--- title: State the language from which English obtained the words "pyjamas",… — Borrowed words from far away: Hindi, A… · tree and pragmatics description: State the language from which English obtained the words "pyjamas", "shampoo" and "bungalow". Exam question 4 of lesson 24 «Borrowed words from far away: Hindi, Arabic, Chinese, Ukrainian and more» of the language course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/24-borrowed-words-from-far-away/e4/) [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/) / [Borrowed words from far away: Hindi, A…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/24-borrowed-words-from-far-away/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Borrowed words from far away: Hindi, Arabic, Chinese, Ukra… State the language from which English obtained the words "pyjamas", "shampoo" and "bungalow". **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** English · **What happens:** obtain · **To what, where:** words, State language This is exam question 4 of lesson 24 «Borrowed words from far away: Hindi, Arabic, Chinese, Ukrainian and more» 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/24-borrowed-words-from-far-away/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:24-borrowed-words-from-far-away:e4:1 # text = State the language from which English obtained the words "pyjamas", "shampoo" and "bungalow". 1 State state NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 language language NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 7 obl _ _ 6 English English PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 obtained obtain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ 10 " " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 pyjamas pyjama NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 12 " " PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 " " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 shampoo shampoo NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 16 " " PUNCT '' _ 15 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 18 " " PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 bungalow bungalow NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 " " PUNCT '' _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **obtain** | past | English | the words | | the State language | | | tree rules | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Hindi and Urdu ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:24-borrowed-words-from-far-away:e4:o1:1 # text = Hindi and Urdu 1 Hindi Hindi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 Urdu Urdu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Ukrainian ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:24-borrowed-words-from-far-away:e4:o2:1 # text = Ukrainian 1 Ukrainian Ukrainian PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Arabic ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:24-borrowed-words-from-far-away:e4:o3:1 # text = Arabic 1 Arabic Arabic PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Japanese ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:24-borrowed-words-from-far-away:e4:o4:1 # text = Japanese 1 Japanese Japanese ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 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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