Exam question 1 · Praise and criticism: giving and taking feedback

Identify the principal characteristic of feedback that assists improvement.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, principal characteristic · What happens: identify, assist · To what, where: principal characteristic, improvement

This is exam question 1 of lesson 38 «Praise and criticism: giving and taking feedback» of the arts 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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 characteristic	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 characteristic	amod
4	characteristic	characteristic	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 feedback	case
6	feedback	feedback	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 characteristic	nmod
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 assists	nsubj
8	assists	assist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 characteristic	acl:relcl
9	improvement	improvement	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 assists	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal characteristic of feedback					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent characteristic=Theme
2	assist	present	the principal characteristic of feedback	improvement					vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent improvement=Beneficiary

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

It consists solely of unqualified praise

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 consists	nsubj
2	consists	consist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	solely	solely	ADV	_	2 consists	advmod
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 praise	case
5	unqualified	unqualified	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 praise	amod
6	praise	praise	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 solely	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consist	present	It					solely property	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It is specific, naming one strength and one point to improve

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 specific	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 specific	cop
3	specific	specific	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 naming	punct
5	naming	name	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 specific	advcl
6	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 strength	nummod
7	strength	strength	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 naming	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 point	cc
9	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 point	nummod
10	point	point	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 strength	conj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 improve	mark
12	improve	improve	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 naming	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	It		specific property	tree rules
2	name	gerund		one strength and one point		vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent strength=Theme
3	improve	to-infinitive				vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 3

It enumerates every defect simultaneously so that none may be overlooked

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 enumerates	nsubj
2	enumerates	enumerate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	4 defect	det
4	defect	defect	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 enumerates	obj
5	simultaneously	simultaneously	ADV	_	2 enumerates	advmod
6	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	11 overlooked	mark
7	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 so	fixed
8	none	none	PRON	PronType=Neg	11 overlooked	nsubj:pass
9	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 overlooked	aux
10	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	11 overlooked	aux:pass
11	overlooked	overlook	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 enumerates	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	enumerate	present	It	every defect				simultaneously property	tree rules
2	overlook	may · passive		none					vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 4

It is severe and general so that it is remembered

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 severe	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 severe	cop
3	severe	severe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 general	cc
5	general	general	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 severe	conj
6	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	10 remembered	mark
7	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 so	fixed
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 remembered	nsubj:pass
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 remembered	aux:pass
10	remembered	remember	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 severe	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	It		severe property	tree rules
2	be					tree rules
3	remember	present · passive		it		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Theme

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