--- title: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a pr… — Pronouns: I, me, you, they and who · tree and pragmatics description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a pronoun? Exam question 1 of lesson 5 «Pronouns: I, me, you, they and who» 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 wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/5-pronouns-i-me-you-they-and-who/e1/) [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/) / [Pronouns: I, me, you, they and who](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/5-pronouns-i-me-you-they-and-who/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Pronouns: I, me, you, they and who Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a pronoun? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** pronoun This is exam question 1 of lesson 5 «Pronouns: I, me, you, they and who» 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/5-pronouns-i-me-you-they-and-who/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:5-pronouns-i-me-you-they-and-who:e1:1 # text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a pronoun? 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 10 det _ _ 10 pronoun pronoun NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | 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 pronoun | | | | of the following statements; accurately *property* | 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 {#o1} A word conjoining two clauses ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:5-pronouns-i-me-you-they-and-who:e1:o1:1 # text = A word conjoining two clauses 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 conjoining conjoin VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 acl _ _ 4 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 clauses clause NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **conjoin** | gerund | a word *not said here* | two clauses | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clause=Patient | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} A word employed in place of a noun so as to avoid repetition ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:5-pronouns-i-me-you-they-and-who:e1:o2:1 # text = A word employed in place of a noun so as to avoid repetition 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 3 employed employ VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 noun noun NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 9 so so ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 10 as as SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 avoid avoid VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 13 repetition repetition NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **employ** | participle | | a word *not said here* | | place of a noun | | | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **avoid** | to-infinitive | a word | repetition | | | | | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent repetition=Location | ### Option 3 {#o3} A word qualifying the action denoted by a verb in a clause ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:5-pronouns-i-me-you-they-and-who:e1:o3:1 # text = A word qualifying the action denoted by a verb in a clause 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 qualifying qualify VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 acl _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 action action NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 denoted denote VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 acl _ _ 7 by by ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 verb verb NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 clause clause NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **qualify** | gerund | a word *not said here* | the action | | a clause | | | tree rules | | 2 | **denote** | participle | | the action *not said here* | | | | by a verb | vn indicate-78 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot | ### Option 4 {#o4} A word denoting a collection of animals ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:5-pronouns-i-me-you-they-and-who:e1:o4:1 # text = A word denoting a collection of animals 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 denoting denote VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 acl _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 collection collection NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 animals animal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **denote** | gerund | a word *not said here* | a collection of animals | | | | | vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot collection=Topic | **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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