--- title: Identify the correctly punctuated sentence, consistent with the esta… — The big language quiz · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the correctly punctuated sentence, consistent with the established conventions of English. Exam question 2 of lesson 40 «The big language quiz» 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 wron --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/40-the-big-language-quiz/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/) / [The big language quiz](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/40-the-big-language-quiz/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · The big language quiz Identify the correctly punctuated sentence, consistent with the established conventions of English. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, punctuate, establish · **To what, where:** punctuated sentence This is exam question 2 of lesson 40 «The big language quiz» 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/40-the-big-language-quiz/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:40-the-big-language-quiz:e2:1 # text = Identify the correctly punctuated sentence, consistent with the established conventions of English. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 3 correctly correctly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 punctuated punctuate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 amod _ _ 5 sentence sentence NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 consistent consistent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 parataxis _ _ 8 with with ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 established establish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 amod _ _ 11 conventions convention NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 English English PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the punctuated sentence | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent sentence=Theme | | 2 | **punctuate** | participle | | | | | | correctly *property* | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **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} The dog wagged its' tail. ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:40-the-big-language-quiz:e2:o1:1 # text = The dog wagged its' tail. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 wagged wag VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 6 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wag** | past | the dog | dog's tail | | | | | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tail=Patient | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} The dog wagged its tail. ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:40-the-big-language-quiz:e2:o2:1 # text = The dog wagged its tail. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 wagged wag VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wag** | past | the dog | dog's tail | | | | | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tail=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} The dog wagged it's' tail. ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:40-the-big-language-quiz:e2:o3:1 # text = The dog wagged it's' tail. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 wagged wag VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ' ' ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 8 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wag** | past | the dog | | | | | | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | present | dog | ' tail | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} The dog wagged it's tail. ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:40-the-big-language-quiz:e2:o4:1 # text = The dog wagged it's tail. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 wagged wag VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 7 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wag** | past | the dog | | | | | | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | present | dog | tail | | | | | tree rules | **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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