Exam question 3 · Friendly teasing — when it's fun and when it stings

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the reporting of genuine danger or bullying to an adult, notwithstanding the epithet "gàozhuàngjīng"?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris, notwithstand, report · To what, where: reporting, epithet, genuine danger

This is exam question 3 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Which	nmod
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 reporting	det
10	reporting	reporting	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 danger	case
12	genuine	genuine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 danger	amod
13	danger	danger	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 reporting	nmod
14	or	or	CCONJ	_	15 bullying	cc
15	bullying	bullying	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 danger	conj
16	to	to	ADP	_	18 adult	case
17	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 adult	det
18	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obl
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 notwithstanding	punct
20	notwithstanding	notwithstand	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 characterises	advcl
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 epithet	det
22	epithet	epithet	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 notwithstanding	obj
23	"	"	PUNCT	_	24 gàozhuàngjīng	punct
24	gàozhuàngjīng	gàozhuàngjīng	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 epithet	appos
25	"	"	PUNCT	_	24 gàozhuàngjīng	punct
26	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the reporting of genuine danger or bullying	to a adult; accurately property	tree rules
3	notwithstand	gerund	the epithet		tree rules
4	report		genuine danger or bullying		nom reporting «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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It is the correct course of action

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	5 course	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 course	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 course	det
4	correct	correct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 course	amod
5	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 action	case
7	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 course	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	the correct course				of action	tree rules

Option 2

It is permissible only on weekdays

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 permissible	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 permissible	cop
3	permissible	permissible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	only	only	ADV	_	6 weekdays	advmod
5	on	on	ADP	_	6 weekdays	case
6	weekdays	weekday	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 permissible	obl

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

Option 3

It constitutes a breach of loyalty to be avoided

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 constitutes	nsubj
2	constitutes	constitute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 breach	det
4	breach	breach	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 constitutes	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 loyalty	case
6	loyalty	loyalty	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 breach	nmod
7	to	to	PART	_	9 avoided	mark
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 avoided	aux:pass
9	avoided	avoid	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 constitutes	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	constitute	present	It	a breach of loyalty	vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme breach=Pivot
2	avoid	to-infinitive · passive			vn avoid-52 «NP V S_ING»
3	breach			loyalty	nom breach «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

It warrants an apology to the bully

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 warrants	nsubj
2	warrants	warrant	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 apology	det
4	apology	apology	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 warrants	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 bully	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 bully	det
7	bully	bully	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 warrants	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	warrant	present	It	a apology				to the bully	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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