Exam question 2 · Praise and criticism: giving and taking feedback

Which of the following most accurately characterises the method "two stars and a wish"?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: method

This is exam question 2 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 following	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 following	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 following	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	6 accurately	advmod
6	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	7 characterises	advmod
7	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 following	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 method	det
9	method	method	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 characterises	obj
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 stars	punct
11	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 stars	nummod
12	stars	star	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 method	appos
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 wish	cc
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 wish	det
15	wish	wish	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 stars	conj
16	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 stars	punct
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 following	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the method				accurately property	tree rules

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 rating of two points out of a maximum of five

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 rating	det
2	rating	rating	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 points	case
4	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 points	nummod
5	points	point	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 rating	nmod
6	out	out	ADP	_	9 maximum	case
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 maximum	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 maximum	det
9	maximum	maximum	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 points	nmod
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 five	case
11	five	five	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 maximum	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rate			two points out a maximum of five					nom rating «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

A penalty imposed for unsatisfactory work

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 penalty	det
2	penalty	penalty	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	imposed	impose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 penalty	acl
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 work	case
5	unsatisfactory	unsatisfactory	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 work	amod
6	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 imposed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	impose	participle		a penalty not said here				for unsatisfactory work	vn enforce-63 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 3

A wish expressed by the teacher for a better pupil

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 wish	det
2	wish	wish	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	expressed	express	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 wish	acl
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 teacher	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 teacher	det
6	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 expressed	obl
7	for	for	ADP	_	10 pupil	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 pupil	det
9	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	10 pupil	amod
10	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 expressed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	express	participle		a wish not said here				by the teacher; for a better pupil	vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Two commendations and one suggestion for improvement

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 commendations	nummod
2	commendations	commendation	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 suggestion	cc
4	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 suggestion	nummod
5	suggestion	suggestion	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 commendations	conj
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 improvement	case
7	improvement	improvement	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 suggestion	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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