Exam question 3 · Growing up, honesty and manners

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the concealment of a failure to understand schoolwork.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, response, established facts · What happens: select, be, establish, concern, understand, conceal · To what, where: response, concealment, schoolwork, failure

This is exam question 3 of lesson 104 «Growing up, honesty and manners» of the everyday 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 consistent	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 consistent	cop
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	acl:relcl
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 facts	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 facts	det
9	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 facts	amod
10	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 consistent	obl
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 facts	acl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 concealment	det
13	concealment	concealment	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 failure	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 failure	det
16	failure	failure	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 concealment	nmod
17	to	to	PART	_	18 understand	mark
18	understand	understand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 failure	acl
19	schoolwork	schoolwork	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 understand	obj
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	is	present	the response		with the established facts; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the concealment of a failure		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus concealment=Experiencer
5	understand	to-infinitive	the established facts not said here	schoolwork		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer schoolwork=Stimulus
6	conceal			a failure		nom concealment «state 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

It permits the gaps to close of their own accord

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 permits	nsubj
2	permits	permit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 gaps	det
4	gaps	gap	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 permits	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 close	mark
6	close	close	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 permits	advcl
7	of	of	ADP	_	10 accord	case
8	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 accord	nmod:poss
9	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 accord	amod
10	accord	accord	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 close	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	permit	present	It	the gaps					vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gap=Theme
2	close	to-infinitive						of gaps's own accord	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 2

It is without consequence of any kind for most pupils

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	4 consequence	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 consequence	cop
3	without	without	ADP	_	4 consequence	case
4	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 kind	case
6	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	7 kind	det
7	kind	kind	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 consequence	nmod
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 pupils	case
9	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	10 pupils	amod
10	pupils	pupil	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consequence	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					without consequence; of any kind; for most pupils	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It enlarges the gaps, rendering them harder to remedy

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 enlarges	nsubj
2	enlarges	enlarge	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 gaps	det
4	gaps	gap	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 enlarges	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 rendering	punct
6	rendering	render	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 harder	csubj
7	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 rendering	obj
8	harder	hard	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 enlarges	conj
9	to	to	PART	_	10 remedy	mark
10	remedy	remedy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 harder	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	enlarge	present	It	the gaps	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent gap=Patient
2	render	gerund		gaps = gap	vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
3	remedy	to-infinitive			vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent

Option 4

It is advisable so long as marks remain adequate

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 advisable	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 advisable	cop
3	advisable	advisable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	so	so	ADV	_	5 long	advmod
5	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	3 advisable	advmod
6	as	as	SCONJ	_	8 remain	mark
7	marks	mark	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 remain	nsubj
8	remain	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 long	advcl
9	adequate	adequate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 remain	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					advisable, long property	tree rules
2	remain	present	marks					adequate property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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