--- title: Select the sequence of adjectives consistent with the established co… — Adjectives and adverbs: describing thi… · tree and pragmatics description: Select the sequence of adjectives consistent with the established conventions of English. Exam question 2 of lesson 4 «Adjectives and adverbs: describing things and actions» of the language course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; M --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/4-adjectives-and-adverbs/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/) / [Adjectives and adverbs: describing thi…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/4-adjectives-and-adverbs/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Adjectives and adverbs: describing things and actions Select the sequence of adjectives consistent with the established conventions of English. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** select, establish · **To what, where:** sequence This is exam question 2 of lesson 4 «Adjectives and adverbs: describing things and actions» 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/4-adjectives-and-adverbs/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:4-adjectives-and-adverbs:e2:1 # text = Select the sequence of adjectives consistent with the established conventions of English. 1 Select select VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 sequence sequence NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 adjectives adjective NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ 6 consistent consistent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 conj _ _ 7 with with ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 established establish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 amod _ _ 10 conventions convention NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 English English PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the sequence of adjectives | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sequence=Theme | | 2 | **establish** | participle | | | | | | | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot | 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} an old lovely wooden box ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:4-adjectives-and-adverbs:e2:o1:1 # text = an old lovely wooden box 1 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 2 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 3 lovely lovely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 4 wooden wooden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 box box NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} a wooden old lovely box ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:4-adjectives-and-adverbs:e2:o2:1 # text = a wooden old lovely box 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 2 wooden wooden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 3 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 4 lovely lovely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 box box NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} a lovely old wooden box ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:4-adjectives-and-adverbs:e2:o3:1 # text = a lovely old wooden box 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 2 lovely lovely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 3 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 4 wooden wooden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 box box NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} a wooden lovely old box ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:4-adjectives-and-adverbs:e2:o4:1 # text = a wooden lovely old box 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 2 wooden wooden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 3 lovely lovely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 4 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 box box 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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