Exam question 3 · Handling anger and everyday fears

It is given that a child perceives a situation as genuinely unfair. Select the response consistent with established guidance.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: child, you · What happens: give, perceive, select, establish · To what, where: It, situation, response

This is exam question 3 of lesson 291 «Handling anger and everyday 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

Sentence 1: It is given that a child perceives a situation as genuinely unfair.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 given	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 perceives	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 child	det
6	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 perceives	nsubj
7	perceives	perceive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	advcl
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 situation	det
9	situation	situation	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 perceives	obj
10	as	as	ADP	_	12 unfair	case
11	genuinely	genuinely	ADV	_	12 unfair	advmod
12	unfair	unfair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 perceives	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present · passive		It					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	perceive	present	a child	a situation				as unfair	vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent situation=Theme as unfair=Attribute

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.

Sentence 2: Select the response consistent with established guidance.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	amod
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 guidance	case
6	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 guidance	amod
7	guidance	guidance	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 consistent	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle							vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

The child shall slam the door and refuse to speak

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 child	det
2	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 slam	nsubj
3	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 slam	aux
4	slam	slam	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 door	det
6	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 slam	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 refuse	cc
8	refuse	refuse	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 slam	conj
9	to	to	PART	_	10 speak	mark
10	speak	speak	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 refuse	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	slam	shall	the child	the door	vn spank-18.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Patient
2	refuse	infinitive	the child not said here		vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	not speak speech: other	to-infinitive	the child not said here		vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

The child shall shout until heard by every adult in the building

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 child	det
2	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 shout	nsubj
3	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 shout	aux
4	shout	shout	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	until	until	SCONJ	_	6 heard	mark
6	heard	hear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 shout	xcomp
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 adult	case
8	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	9 adult	det
9	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 heard	obl
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 building	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 building	det
12	building	building	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 heard	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	shall	the child						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	hear	participle	the child not said here			the building		by every adult	vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The child shall state calmly what is unfair and what would help

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 child	det
2	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 state	nsubj
3	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 state	aux
4	state	state	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	calmly	calmly	ADV	_	4 state	advmod
6	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	8 unfair	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 unfair	cop
8	unfair	unfair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 state	ccomp
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 help	cc
10	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	12 help	nsubj
11	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 help	aux
12	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 unfair	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	state speech: other	shall	the child	calmly property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present		unfair property	tree rules
3	help	would			vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

Option 4

The child shall retaliate in kind

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 child	det
2	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 retaliate	nsubj
3	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 retaliate	aux
4	retaliate	retaliate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 kind	case
6	kind	kind	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 retaliate	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	retaliate	shall	the child			kind			vn rebel-71.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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