Exam question 1 · Sorry, white lies and «because I said so»

Select the response that most accurately characterises the expression "Oh, I love it!" uttered by a recipient who does not, in fact, care for the gift received.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, most, I, recipient, gift · What happens: select, characteris, love, utter, not do, receive · To what, where: response, expression, fact · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 1 of lesson 37 «Sorry, white lies and «because I said so»» of the adult life 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 characterises	mark
5	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	7 characterises	nsubj
6	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	5 most	advmod
7	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Select	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 expression	det
9	expression	expression	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 characterises	obj
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	14 love	punct
11	Oh	oh	INTJ	_	14 love	discourse
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 Oh	punct
13	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	14 love	nsubj
14	love	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 expression	parataxis
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 love	obj
16	!	!	PUNCT	_	14 love	punct
17	"	"	PUNCT	_	14 love	punct
18	uttered	utter	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 expression	acl
19	by	by	ADP	_	21 recipient	case
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 recipient	det
21	recipient	recipient	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 uttered	obl
22	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	23 does	nsubj
23	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 recipient	acl:relcl
24	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	23 does	advmod
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 fact	punct
26	in	in	ADP	_	27 fact	case
27	fact	fact	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	parataxis
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	29 care	punct
29	care	care	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 fact	conj
30	for	for	SCONJ	_	33 received	mark
31	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	32 gift	det
32	gift	gift	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 received	nsubj
33	received	receive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	27 fact	acl
34	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	characteris	present	most	the expression		tree rules
3	love in a quote	present	I	expression		vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus
4	utter speech: other	participle		the expression not said here	by a recipient	vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
5	not do	present	a recipient			vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
6	receive	past	the gift	fact and care not said here		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fact=Theme

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

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

A white lie intended to protect the feelings of the giver

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 lie	det
2	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 lie	amod
3	lie	lie	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	intended	intend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 lie	acl
5	to	to	PART	_	6 protect	mark
6	protect	protect	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 intended	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 feelings	det
8	feelings	feeling	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 protect	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 giver	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 giver	det
11	giver	giver	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 feelings	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	intend	participle		a white lie not said here					vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
2	protect	to-infinitive		the feelings of the giver					vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feeling=Beneficiary

Option 2

A serious deception intended to cause harm

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 deception	det
2	serious	serious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 deception	amod
3	deception	deception	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	intended	intend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 deception	acl
5	to	to	PART	_	6 cause	mark
6	cause	cause	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 intended	xcomp
7	harm	harm	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cause	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	intend	participle		a serious deception not said here					vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	cause not said to happen	to-infinitive		harm					vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition harm=Patient

Option 3

A firm undertaking to use the gift daily

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 undertaking	det
2	firm	firm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 undertaking	amod
3	undertaking	undertaking	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 use	mark
5	use	use	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 undertaking	acl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 gift	det
7	gift	gift	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 use	obj
8	daily	daily	ADV	_	5 use	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	to-infinitive		the gift				daily property	vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gift=Patient

Option 4

An expression of sincere and entirely unqualified admiration for it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 expression	det
2	expression	expression	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	8 admiration	case
4	sincere	sincere	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 admiration	amod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 unqualified	cc
6	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	7 unqualified	advmod
7	unqualified	unqualified	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 sincere	conj
8	admiration	admiration	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 expression	nmod
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 it	case
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 admiration	nmod

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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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