Exam question 3 · Being a good grown-up

Whereas an employee commits an error in the course of his duties, determine the course of action that this lesson commends.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: employee, you, lesson · What happens: commit, determine, commend · To what, where: error, course

This is exam question 3 of lesson 40 «Being a good grown-up» 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	Whereas	whereas	SCONJ	_	4 commits	mark
2	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 employee	det
3	employee	employee	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 commits	nsubj
4	commits	commit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 determine	advcl
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 error	det
6	error	error	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 commits	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 course	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 course	det
9	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 commits	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 duties	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 duties	nmod:poss
12	duties	duty	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 course	nmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 commits	punct
14	determine	determine	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 course	det
16	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 determine	obj
17	of	of	ADP	_	18 action	case
18	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 course	nmod
19	that	that	SCONJ	_	22 commends	mark
20	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	21 lesson	det
21	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 commends	nsubj
22	commends	commend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 determine	advcl
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	14 determine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	commit	present	a employee	a error	the course of employee's duties	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent error=Theme in course=Destination
2	determine	imperative	you not said here	the course of action		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent course=Topic
3	commend	present	this lesson			vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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

Resignation prior to discovery of the error

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Resignation	resignation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	prior	prior	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	4 discovery	case
3	to	to	ADP	_	2 prior	fixed
4	discovery	discovery	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Resignation	nmod
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 error	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 error	det
7	error	error	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 discovery	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	discover			the error					nom discovery «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

Concealment of the error until it is discovered

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Concealment	concealment	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 discovered	nsubj:pass
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 error	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 error	det
4	error	error	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Concealment	nmod
5	until	until	ADP	_	6 it	case
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 error	nmod
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 discovered	aux:pass
8	discovered	discover	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	discover	present · passive		Concealment of the error until error					vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic
2	conceal			the error until error					nom concealment «state transitive»: of=patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Prompt disclosure of the error to his manager

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Prompt	prompt	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 disclosure	amod
2	disclosure	disclosure	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 error	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 error	det
5	error	error	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 disclosure	nmod
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 manager	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 manager	nmod:poss
8	manager	manager	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 error	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	disclose			the error to his manager					nom disclosure «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

Attribution of the error to a colleague

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Attribution	attribution	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 error	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 error	det
4	error	error	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Attribution	nmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 colleague	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 colleague	det
7	colleague	colleague	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 error	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	attribute			the error to a colleague					nom attribution «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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