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Exam question 2 · Friendly teasing — when it's fun and when it stings

It is given that one term of mild teasing is applied by a grandmother to an infant and by a pupil to a classmate concerning his physique. Select the statement consistent with the established principles of teasing.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: grandmother, classmate, you · What happens: give, apply, concern, term, select, establish · To what, where: It, one term, physique, mild teasing, statement

This is exam question 2 of lesson 23 «Friendly teasing — when it's fun and when it stings» of the Chinese street 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

Sentence 1: It is given that one term of mild teasing is applied by a grandmother to an infant and by a pupil to a classmate concerning his physique.

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 given	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	11 applied	mark
5	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 term	nummod
6	term	term	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 applied	nsubj:pass
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 teasing	case
8	mild	mild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 teasing	amod
9	teasing	teasing	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 term	nmod
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 applied	aux:pass
11	applied	apply	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 given	advcl
12	by	by	ADP	_	14 grandmother	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 grandmother	det
14	grandmother	grandmother	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 applied	obl
15	to	to	ADP	_	17 infant	case
16	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 infant	det
17	infant	infant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 grandmother	nmod
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 pupil	cc
19	by	by	ADP	_	21 pupil	case
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 pupil	det
21	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 infant	conj
22	to	to	ADP	_	24 classmate	case
23	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	24 classmate	det
24	classmate	classmate	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 pupil	nmod
25	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	24 classmate	acl
26	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	27 physique	nmod:poss
27	physique	physique	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 concerning	obj
28	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present · passive		It					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	apply	present · passive	a grandmother to a infant and a pupil to a classmate	one term of mild teasing					vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
3	concern	gerund	a classmate not said here	pupil's physique					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus physique=Experiencer
4	term			mild teasing					nom term «communication transitive»: of=patient

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.

Sentence 2: Select the statement consistent with the established principles of teasing.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 statement	det
3	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 principles	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 principles	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 principles	amod
8	principles	principle	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 teasing	case
10	teasing	teasing	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 principles	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the statement				consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent statement=Theme
2	establish	participle							vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

The term is equally affectionate in both instances

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 term	det
2	term	term	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 affectionate	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 affectionate	cop
4	equally	equally	ADV	_	5 affectionate	advmod
5	affectionate	affectionate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 instances	case
7	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	8 instances	det
8	instances	instance	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 affectionate	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the term			both instances		affectionate, equally property	tree rules

Option 2

Only the tone of the vowels determines the effect of the term

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	3 tone	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 tone	det
3	tone	tone	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 determines	nsubj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 vowels	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 vowels	det
6	vowels	vowel	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 tone	nmod
7	determines	determine	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 effect	det
9	effect	effect	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 determines	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 term	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 term	det
12	term	term	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 effect	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	determine	present	the tone of the vowels	the effect of the term					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent effect=Topic
2	intonate			the vowels					nom tone «communication transitive»: of=patient
3	effect			the term					nom effect «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Speaker and addressee determine whether it is fond or hurtful

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Speaker	speaker	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 determine	nsubj
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 addressee	cc
3	addressee	addressee	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Speaker	conj
4	determine	determine	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	whether	whether	SCONJ	_	8 fond	mark
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 fond	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 fond	cop
8	fond	fond	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 determine	ccomp
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 hurtful	cc
10	hurtful	hurtful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 fond	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	determine	present	Speaker and addressee						vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	addressee					fond property	tree rules
3	be		addressee not said here						tree rules

Option 4

The term is equally offensive in both instances

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 term	det
2	term	term	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 offensive	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 offensive	cop
4	equally	equally	ADV	_	5 offensive	advmod
5	offensive	offensive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 instances	case
7	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	8 instances	det
8	instances	instance	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 offensive	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the term			both instances		equally, offensive property	tree rules

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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