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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a phrasal verb? Exam question 1 of lesson 26 «Phrasal verbs: get up, give up, make up» 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 right.
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# Exam question 1 · Phrasal verbs: get up, give up, make up

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a phrasal verb?

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

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 26 «Phrasal verbs: get up, give up, make up» 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/26-phrasal-verbs-get-up-give-up-make-up/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:26-phrasal-verbs-get-up-give-up-make-up:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a phrasal verb?
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	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	phrasal	phrasal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	verb	verb	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 phrasal verb |  |  |  | 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 verb that is spelled identically in the present and the past tense, such as "put"

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:26-phrasal-verbs-get-up-give-up-make-up:e1:o1:1
# text = A verb that is spelled identically in the present and the past tense, such as "put"
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	verb	verb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj:outer	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	spelled	spell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl:relcl	_	_
6	identically	identically	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	present	present	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	past	past	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	tense	tense	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
15	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=SCONJ	18	mark	_	_
16	as	as	ADP	IN	_	15	fixed	_	_
17	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	put	put	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	18	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spell** | present · passive |  | a verb |  | the present and the past tense |  | identically *property* | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: subject=Theme in present=Manner |
| 2 | **put** *in a quote* | infinitive | a verb |  |  |  |  |  | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A verb used only in written English

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:26-phrasal-verbs-get-up-give-up-make-up:e1:o2:1
# text = A verb used only in written English
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	verb	verb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	written	write	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
7	English	English	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | participle |  | a verb *not said here* |  | written English |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **write** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A verb borrowed from another language

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:26-phrasal-verbs-get-up-give-up-make-up:e1:o3:1
# text = A verb borrowed from another language
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	verb	verb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	borrowed	borrow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	det	_	_
6	language	language	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **borrow** | participle |  | a verb *not said here* |  | another language |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from language=Source |

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

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A verb combined with a particle so as to produce a distinct meaning

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:26-phrasal-verbs-get-up-give-up-make-up:e1:o4:1
# text = A verb combined with a particle so as to produce a distinct meaning
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	verb	verb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
3	combined	combine	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	particle	particle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
8	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	produce	produce	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	distinct	distinct	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	meaning	meaning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **combine** | participle |  | a verb *not said here* |  |  |  | with a particle | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient with particle=Co-Patient |
| 2 | **produce** | to-infinitive | a verb | a distinct meaning |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meaning=Result |

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