Exam question 2 · Sorry, white lies and «because I said so»

Identify which of the following constitutes a genuine apology in the sense established in this lesson.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, follow, be, establish · To what, where: sense, lesson

This is exam question 2 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 apology	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	9 apology	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 apology	det
5	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 apology	case
6	constitutes	constitute	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 apology	cop
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 apology	det
8	genuine	genuine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 apology	amod
9	apology	apology	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obl
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 sense	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 sense	det
12	sense	sense	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 apology	nmod
13	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 sense	acl
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 lesson	case
15	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	16 lesson	det
16	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 established	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here				vn empathize-88.2 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	is	present			the sense	of the genuine apology	tree rules
4	establish	participle		the sense not said here	this lesson		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

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

A statement offering a gift in place of acknowledgement

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 statement	det
2	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	offering	offer	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 statement	acl
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 gift	det
5	gift	gift	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 offering	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 place	case
7	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 offering	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 acknowledgement	case
9	acknowledgement	acknowledgement	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 place	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	offer	gerund	a statement not said here	a gift		place of acknowledgement			vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent gift=Theme

Option 2

A statement attributing the fault to the injured party

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 statement	det
2	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	attributing	attribute	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 statement	acl
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 fault	det
5	fault	fault	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 attributing	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	9 party	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 party	det
8	injured	injured	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 party	amod
9	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 attributing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	attribute	gerund	a statement not said here	the fault				to the injured party	tree rules

Option 3

A statement of regret followed by the word "but" and a complaint

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 statement	det
2	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 regret	case
4	regret	regret	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 statement	nmod
5	followed	follow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 statement	acl
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 word	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 word	det
8	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 followed	obl
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 but	punct
10	but	but	CCONJ	_	8 word	conj
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 word	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 complaint	cc
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 complaint	det
14	complaint	complaint	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 statement	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	participle		a statement of regret and a complaint not said here				by the word	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by word=Location
2	state			regret					nom statement «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

A statement naming the wrongdoing without qualification

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 statement	det
2	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	naming	name	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 statement	acl
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 wrongdoing	det
5	wrongdoing	wrongdoing	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 naming	obj
6	without	without	ADP	_	7 qualification	case
7	qualification	qualification	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 naming	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	name	gerund	a statement not said here	the wrongdoing				without qualification	vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wrongdoing=Theme

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