Exam question 3 · Honest schoolwork, kind jokes and pranks that harm

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the treatment by schools and police of threats concerning weapons or bombs?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris, concern · To what, where: treatment

This is exam question 3 of lesson 278 «Honest schoolwork, kind jokes and pranks that 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 treatment	det
10	treatment	treatment	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	by	by	ADP	_	12 schools	case
12	schools	school	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 police	cc
14	police	police	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 schools	conj
15	of	of	ADP	_	16 threats	case
16	threats	threat	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 police	nmod
17	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	18 weapons	amod
18	weapons	weapon	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 threats	conj
19	or	or	CCONJ	_	20 bombs	cc
20	bombs	bomb	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 weapons	conj
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the treatment	of the following statements; by schools and police of threats and concerning weapons or bombs; accurately property	tree rules
3	concern	gerund			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

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

Such threats are matters solely for the parents

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 threats	amod
2	threats	threat	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 matters	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 matters	cop
4	matters	matter	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	solely	solely	ADV	_	4 matters	advmod
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 parents	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 parents	det
8	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 matters	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Such threats	matters				for the parents; solely property	tree rules

Option 2

Such threats are permitted provided no weapon exists

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 threats	amod
2	threats	threat	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 provided	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 permitted	aux:pass
4	permitted	permit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 threats	acl
5	provided	provide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	7 weapon	det
7	weapon	weapon	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 exists	nsubj
8	exists	exist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 provided	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	permit	present · passive		Such threats not said here	vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V S_ING»
2	provide	past	Such threats		vn ensure-99 «NP V that S»: agent=Precondition clause=Theme
3	exist	present	no weapon		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Such threats are disregarded when made by children

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 threats	amod
2	threats	threat	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 disregarded	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 disregarded	aux:pass
4	disregarded	disregard	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	when	when	SCONJ	_	6 made	mark
6	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 disregarded	advcl
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 children	case
8	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 made	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	disregard	present · passive		Such threats					vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	make	participle						by children	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset

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

Such threats are always taken seriously, even if described as a joke

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 threats	amod
2	threats	threat	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 taken	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 taken	aux:pass
4	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	5 taken	advmod
5	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	seriously	seriously	ADV	_	5 taken	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 described	punct
8	even	even	ADV	_	10 described	advmod
9	if	if	SCONJ	_	10 described	mark
10	described	describe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 taken	conj
11	as	as	ADP	_	13 joke	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 joke	det
13	joke	joke	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 described	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	present · passive		Such threats				always, seriously property	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	describe a condition, not said to happen	participle						as a joke	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent as joke=Attribute

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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