Exam question 2 · Rumours and gossip

Which of the following constitutes the most prudent response upon hearing that the school is to be closed on the following day?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: prudent response · What happens: follow, constitute, hear, close · To what, where: prudent response, school · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 2 of lesson 202 «Rumours and gossip» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 constitutes	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	5 constitutes	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 constitutes	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 constitutes	nsubj
5	constitutes	constitute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 response	det
7	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	8 prudent	advmod
8	prudent	prudent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 response	amod
9	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 constitutes	obj
10	upon	upon	SCONJ	_	11 hearing	mark
11	hearing	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 response	acl
12	that	that	SCONJ	_	18 closed	mark
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 school	det
14	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 closed	nsubj:pass
15	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 closed	aux:pass
16	to	to	PART	_	18 closed	mark
17	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	18 closed	aux:pass
18	closed	close	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 hearing	ccomp
19	on	on	ADP	_	22 day	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 day	det
21	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	22 day	amod
22	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 closed	obl
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 constitutes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	constitute	present		the prudent response		vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme response=Pivot
3	hear	gerund	the prudent response not said here			vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
4	close	present · passive		the school	day	vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
5	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

To remain at home without further inquiry

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 remain	mark
2	remain	remain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	4 home	case
4	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 remain	obl
5	without	without	ADP	_	7 inquiry	case
6	further	further	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 inquiry	amod
7	inquiry	inquiry	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 remain	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remain	to-infinitive				home		without further inquiry	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at home=Location

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

To verify the report with a teacher, the school website or a parent

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 verify	mark
2	verify	verify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 report	det
4	report	report	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 verify	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 teacher	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 teacher	det
7	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 verify	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 website	punct
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 website	det
10	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 website	compound
11	website	website	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 teacher	conj
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	14 parent	cc
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 parent	det
14	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 teacher	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	verify	to-infinitive		the report				with a teacher and the school website or a parent	vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot report=Topic

Option 3

To accept the report if it is repeated by several pupils

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 accept	mark
2	accept	accept	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 report	det
4	report	report	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 accept	obj
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	8 repeated	mark
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 repeated	nsubj:pass
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 repeated	aux:pass
8	repeated	repeat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 accept	advcl
9	by	by	ADP	_	11 pupils	case
10	several	several	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 pupils	amod
11	pupils	pupil	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 repeated	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	accept	to-infinitive		the report					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent report=Theme
2	repeat a condition, not said to happen	present · passive	several pupils	report					vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Eventuality

Option 4

To forward the report to all acquaintances forthwith

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 forward	mark
2	forward	forward	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 report	det
4	report	report	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 forward	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 acquaintances	case
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 acquaintances	det
7	acquaintances	acquaintance	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 forward	obl
8	forthwith	forthwith	ADV	_	2 forward	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forward	to-infinitive		the report		all acquaintances		forthwith property	vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent report=Theme to acquaintance=Destination

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