Exam question 4 · Jokes and teasing: when is it still funny?

Ascertain the condition under which teasing is properly characterised as bullying.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: ascertain, characteris · To what, where: condition, teasing

This is exam question 4 of lesson 203 «Jokes and teasing: when is it still funny?» 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 condition	det
3	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	under	under	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 characterised	obl
6	teasing	teasing	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 characterised	nsubj:pass
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 characterised	aux:pass
8	properly	properly	ADV	_	9 characterised	advmod
9	characterised	characteris	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 condition	acl:relcl
10	as	as	ADP	_	11 bullying	case
11	bullying	bullying	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 characterised	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the condition					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent condition=Topic
2	characteris	present · passive		teasing		the condition		as bullying; properly property	tree rules

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

When it is undertaken by a friend

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	When	when	ADV	PronType=Int	4 undertaken	advmod
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 undertaken	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 undertaken	aux:pass
4	undertaken	undertake	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 friend	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 friend	det
7	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 undertaken	obl:agent

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	undertake	present · passive	a friend	it					vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Eventuality

Option 2

When it concerns hobbies and interests

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	When	when	SCONJ	_	3 concerns	mark
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 concerns	nsubj
3	concerns	concern	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	hobbies	hobby	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 concerns	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 interests	cc
6	interests	interest	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 hobbies	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	concern	present	it	hobbies and interests					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus hobby=Experiencer

Option 3

When it occurs on a single occasion only

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	When	when	ADV	PronType=Int	3 occurs	advmod
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 occurs	nsubj
3	occurs	occur	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	on	on	ADP	_	7 occasion	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 occasion	det
6	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 occasion	amod
7	occasion	occasion	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 occurs	obl
8	only	only	ADV	_	7 occasion	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	occur	present	it			a single occasion			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on occasion=Location

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

When it causes hurt and is persistently repeated

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	When	when	ADV	PronType=Int	4 hurt	advmod
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 hurt	nsubj:pass
3	causes	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 hurt	aux:pass
4	hurt	hurt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 repeated	cc
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 repeated	aux:pass
7	persistently	persistently	ADV	_	8 repeated	advmod
8	repeated	repeat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 hurt	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hurt	present · passive		it					vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	repeat	present · passive						persistently property	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»

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