--- title: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the… — Some, all, none and "not all" · tree and pragmatics description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the assertion "not all teachers are strict"? Exam question 2 of lesson 185 «Some, all, none and "not all"» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/185-some-all-none-and-not-all/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/) / [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/) / [Some, all, none and "not all"](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/185-some-all-none-and-not-all/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Some, all, none and "not all" Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the assertion "not all teachers are strict"? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** teachers · **What happens:** follow, characteris, not be · **To what, where:** assertion · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is exam question 2 of lesson 185 «Some, all, none and "not all"» of the world 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/world/185-some-all-none-and-not-all/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:185-some-all-none-and-not-all:e2:1 # text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the assertion "not all teachers are strict"? 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 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 assertion assertion NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 " " PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 16 advmod _ _ 13 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 14 det _ _ 14 teachers teacher NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nsubj _ _ 15 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 16 strict strict ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 17 " " PUNCT '' _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ? ? 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 | | the assertion | | | | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | present | all teachers | | | | | strict *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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} At least one teacher is not strict ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:185-some-all-none-and-not-all:e2:o1:1 # text = At least one teacher is not strict 1 At at ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 least least ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 3 nmod _ _ 3 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 4 teacher teacher NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 7 strict strict ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is** | present | one teacher | | | | | strict *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} No teacher is strict ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:185-some-all-none-and-not-all:e2:o2:1 # text = No teacher is strict 1 No no DET DT PronType=Neg 2 det _ _ 2 teacher teacher NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 strict strict ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | no teacher | | | | | strict *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} Every teacher is strict ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:185-some-all-none-and-not-all:e2:o3:1 # text = Every teacher is strict 1 Every every DET DT PronType=Tot 2 det _ _ 2 teacher teacher NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 strict strict ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | every teacher | | | | | strict *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Precisely half of all teachers are strict ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:185-some-all-none-and-not-all:e2:o4:1 # text = Precisely half of all teachers are strict 1 Precisely precisely ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 half half NOUN NN Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 7 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 5 det _ _ 5 teachers teacher NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ 6 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 strict strict ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | half of all teachers | | | | | strict *property* | 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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