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Exam question 3 · Soft words for hard things: failure and mistakes and stupi…

It is given that an outcome is described as "a happy accident". Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the outcome?

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

This is exam question 3 of lesson 35 «Soft words for hard things: failure and mistakes and stupidity and madness» of the euphemisms 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 an outcome is described as "a happy accident".

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	_	8 described	mark
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 outcome	det
6	outcome	outcome	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 described	nsubj:pass
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 described	aux:pass
8	described	describe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 given	advcl
9	as	as	ADP	_	13 accident	case
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 accident	punct
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 accident	det
12	happy	happy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 accident	amod
13	accident	accident	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 described	obl
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 accident	punct
15	.	.	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	describe	present · passive		a outcome				as a happy accident	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Theme as accident=Attribute

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: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the outcome?

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	8 characterises	obl
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 outcome	det
10	outcome	outcome	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	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 outcome				of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

A collision occurred in which nobody was injured

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 collision	det
2	collision	collision	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 occurred	nsubj
3	occurred	occur	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 injured	obl
6	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	8 injured	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 injured	aux:pass
8	injured	injure	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 occurred	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	occur	participle	a collision						vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	injure	past · passive		nobody					tree rules

Option 2

A deliberate plan was executed successfully

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 plan	det
2	deliberate	deliberate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 plan	amod
3	plan	plan	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 executed	nsubj:pass
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 executed	aux:pass
5	executed	execute	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	successfully	successfully	ADV	_	5 executed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	execute	past · passive		a deliberate plan				successfully property	vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 3

An unfortunate event occasioned general amusement

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 event	det
2	unfortunate	unfortunate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 event	amod
3	event	event	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 occasioned	nsubj
4	occasioned	occasion	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	general	general	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 amusement	amod
6	amusement	amusement	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 occasioned	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	occasion	past	a unfortunate event	general amusement					tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

An unintended error produced a favourable result

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 error	det
2	unintended	unintended	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 error	amod
3	error	error	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 produced	nsubj
4	produced	produce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 result	det
6	favourable	favourable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 result	amod
7	result	result	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 produced	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	produce	past	a unintended error	a favourable result					vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent result=Result

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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