Exam question 2 · Pranks: harmless fun or real harm?

Identify the principal reason for which a person ought never to be deceived as to the contents of his food.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, not deceive · To what, where: principal reason, person

This is exam question 2 of lesson 204 «Pranks: harmless fun or real harm?» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 reason	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reason	amod
4	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 deceived	obl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 person	det
8	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 deceived	nsubj
9	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 deceived	aux
10	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	13 deceived	advmod
11	to	to	PART	_	13 deceived	mark
12	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 deceived	aux:pass
13	deceived	deceive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 reason	acl:relcl
14	as	as	ADP	ExtPos=ADP	17 contents	case
15	to	to	ADP	_	14 as	fixed
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 contents	det
17	contents	contents	NOUN	Number=Ptan	13 deceived	obl
18	of	of	ADP	_	20 food	case
19	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 food	nmod:poss
20	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 contents	nmod
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal reason					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	not deceive	ought · passive	you not said here	a person				for the principal reason; as the contents of person's food	vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: subject=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

Food allergies can cause death

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 allergies	compound
2	allergies	allergy	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 cause	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 cause	aux
4	cause	cause	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cause	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	can	Food allergies	death					vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition death=Patient

Option 2

Food deceptions are seldom amusing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 deceptions	compound
2	deceptions	deception	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 amusing	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 amusing	cop
4	seldom	seldom	ADV	_	5 amusing	advmod
5	amusing	amusing	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Food deceptions					amusing, seldom property	tree rules

Option 3

The cook may be offended

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cook	det
2	cook	cook	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 offended	nsubj:pass
3	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 offended	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 offended	aux:pass
5	offended	offend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	offend	may · passive		the cook					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer

Option 4

Food may thereby be wasted

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wasted	nsubj:pass
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 wasted	aux
3	thereby	thereby	ADV	_	5 wasted	advmod
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 wasted	aux:pass
5	wasted	waste	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	waste	may · passive		Food				thereby property	vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

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