Exam question 2 · Anger and fears

Which of the following constitutes the most effective manner of objecting to a genuine unfairness?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: effective manner · What happens: follow, be, object · To what, where: genuine unfairness

This is exam question 2 of lesson 212 «Anger and fears» 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	9 manner	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	9 manner	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 manner	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 manner	case
5	constitutes	constitute	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 manner	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 manner	det
7	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	8 effective	advmod
8	effective	effective	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 manner	amod
9	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	of	of	SCONJ	_	11 objecting	mark
11	objecting	object	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 manner	acl
12	to	to	ADP	_	15 unfairness	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 unfairness	det
14	genuine	genuine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 unfairness	amod
15	unfairness	unfairness	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 objecting	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 manner	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present			of the effective manner	tree rules
3	object speech: other	gerund	the effective manner not said here	a genuine unfairness		vn complain-37.8 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to unfairness=Recipient

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 slam a door to make the point

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 slam	mark
2	slam	slam	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 door	det
4	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 slam	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 make	mark
6	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 slam	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 point	det
8	point	point	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 make	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	slam	to-infinitive		a door					vn spank-18.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Patient
2	make	to-infinitive		the point					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset point=Product

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

To state calmly what is unfair and what is desired instead

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 state	mark
2	state	state	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	calmly	calmly	ADV	_	2 state	advmod
4	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 unfair	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 unfair	cop
6	unfair	unfair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 state	ccomp
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 desired	cc
8	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	10 desired	nsubj:pass
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 desired	aux:pass
10	desired	desire	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 unfair	conj
11	instead	instead	ADV	_	10 desired	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	other	roles by
1	state speech: other	to-infinitive	calmly property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	unfair property	tree rules
3	desire	present · passive	instead property	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: subject=Theme

Option 3

To shout until one is heard

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 shout	mark
2	shout	shout	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	until	until	SCONJ	_	6 heard	mark
4	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 heard	nsubj:pass
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 heard	aux:pass
6	heard	hear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 shout	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	to-infinitive							vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	hear	present · passive		one					vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Stimulus

Option 4

To refuse to speak at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 refuse	mark
2	refuse	refuse	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 speak	mark
4	speak	speak	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 refuse	xcomp
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 all	case
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 speak	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	refuse	to-infinitive							vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	not speak speech: other	to-infinitive				all			vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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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