Exam question 2 · Classroom rules and homework

Which of the following constitutes appropriate conduct where a pupil is reprimanded for something he did not do?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: pupil · What happens: follow, reprimand, not do · To what, where: constitutes, pupil

This is exam question 2 of lesson 254 «Classroom rules and homework» 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	7 conduct	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	7 conduct	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 conduct	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 conduct	csubj
5	constitutes	constitute	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 following	obj
6	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 conduct	amod
7	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	12 reprimanded	advmod
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 pupil	det
10	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 reprimanded	nsubj:pass
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 reprimanded	aux:pass
12	reprimanded	reprimand	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 conduct	advcl
13	for	for	ADP	_	14 something	case
14	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	12 reprimanded	obl
15	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 do	nsubj
16	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 do	aux
17	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	18 do	advmod
18	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 something	acl:relcl
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 conduct	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund		constitutes		vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent constitute=Theme
2	reprimand	present · passive		a pupil	for something	tree rules
3	not do	past · do-support	pupil			vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

He blames another pupil loudly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 blames	nsubj
2	blames	blame	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	4 pupil	det
4	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 blames	obj
5	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	2 blames	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	blame	present	He	another pupil				loudly property	vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pupil=Theme

Option 2

He shouts that the teacher is wrong

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 shouts	nsubj
2	shouts	shout	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 wrong	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 teacher	det
5	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wrong	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 wrong	cop
7	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 shouts	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	present	He						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	the teacher					wrong property	tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He remains calm and explains politely later

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 remains	nsubj
2	remains	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	calm	calm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 remains	xcomp
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 explains	cc
5	explains	explain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 remains	conj
6	politely	politely	ADV	_	5 explains	advmod
7	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	5 explains	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remain	present	He					calm property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	explain speech: assert	present	He not said here					late, politely property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

He refuses to work for the remainder of the day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 refuses	nsubj
2	refuses	refuse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 work	mark
4	work	work	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 refuses	xcomp
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 remainder	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 remainder	det
7	remainder	remainder	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 work	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 day	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 day	det
10	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 remainder	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	refuse	present	He						vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	not work	to-infinitive	He not said here					for the remainder of the day	vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for remainder=Beneficiary

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