Exam question 4 · Scary films, nightmares and sad endings

Whereas a child has terminated the viewing of a frightening film prior to its conclusion, ascertain the assessment which this lesson commends.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, lesson, child · What happens: terminate, ascertain, commend, conclude · To what, where: child, assessment

This is exam question 4 of lesson 56 «Scary films, nightmares and sad endings» 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	_	5 terminated	mark
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 child	det
3	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 terminated	nsubj:pass
4	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 terminated	aux
5	terminated	terminate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	17 ascertain	advcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 viewing	det
7	viewing	viewing	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 terminated	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	11 film	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 film	det
10	frightening	frightening	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 film	amod
11	film	film	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 viewing	nmod
12	prior	prior	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	15 conclusion	case
13	to	to	ADP	_	12 prior	fixed
14	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 conclusion	nmod:poss
15	conclusion	conclusion	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 film	nmod
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 terminated	punct
17	ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 assessment	det
19	assessment	assessment	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 ascertain	obj
20	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	23 commends	obj
21	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	22 lesson	det
22	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 commends	nsubj
23	commends	commend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 assessment	acl:relcl
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	17 ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	terminate	present · perfect · passive		a child	tree rules
2	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the assessment	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent assessment=Topic
3	commend	present	this lesson	the assessment	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme
4	conclude		child		nom conclusion «cognition transitive»: poss=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

A breach of the rules governing sleepovers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 breach	det
2	breach	breach	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 rules	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 rules	det
5	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 breach	nmod
6	governing	govern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 rules	acl
7	sleepovers	sleepover	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 governing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	govern	gerund	the rules not said here	sleepovers					vn supervision-95.2.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent sleepover=Theme
2	breach			the rules					nom breach «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

An error requiring the film to be restarted from the beginning

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 error	det
2	error	error	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	requiring	require	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 error	acl
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 film	det
5	film	film	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 requiring	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	8 restarted	mark
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 restarted	aux:pass
8	restarted	restart	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 film	acl
9	from	from	ADP	_	11 beginning	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 beginning	det
11	beginning	beginning	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 restarted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	gerund	a error not said here	the film					vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme film=Precondition
2	restart	to-infinitive · passive	a error not said here	the film not said here			from the beginning		tree rules

Option 3

An act of cowardice warranting correction

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 act	det
2	act	act	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 cowardice	case
4	cowardice	cowardice	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 act	nmod
5	warranting	warrant	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 act	acl
6	correction	correction	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 warranting	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	warrant	gerund	a act of cowardice not said here	correction					tree rules
2	act		cowardice						nom act «communication intransitive»: of=agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

A sensible decision, being right for that child

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 decision	det
2	sensible	sensible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 decision	amod
3	decision	decision	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 right	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 decision	punct
5	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 right	cop
6	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 child	case
8	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	9 child	det
9	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 right	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	gerund	a sensible decision					for that child; right property	tree rules

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