Exam question 4 · Kind jokes, teasing, pranks, April Fools, illusions and ad…

State the effect upon a person of mockery of their accent.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: their · What happens: mock, accent · To what, where: accent

This is exam question 4 of lesson 313 «Kind jokes, teasing, pranks, April Fools, illusions and adverts» 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	State	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 effect	compound
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 effect	det
3	effect	effect	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	upon	upon	ADP	_	6 person	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 person	det
6	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 effect	nmod
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 mockery	case
8	mockery	mockery	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 person	nmod
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 accent	case
10	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 accent	nmod:poss
11	accent	accent	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 mockery	nmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 effect	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mock			their accent					nom mockery «communication transitive»: of=patient
2	accent		their = they						nom accent «communication transitive»: poss=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

It helps the person improve their speech and sound like everyone else

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	2 helps	nsubj
2	helps	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 person	det
4	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 helps	obj
5	improve	improve	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 helps	xcomp
6	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 speech	nmod:poss
7	speech	speech	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 improve	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 sound	cc
9	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 speech	conj
10	like	like	ADP	_	11 everyone	case
11	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	9 sound	nmod
12	else	else	ADV	_	11 everyone	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	help	present	It	the person	vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent person=Beneficiary clause=Theme
2	improve	infinitive	the person not said here	their speech and sound like everyone	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent speech=Patient
3	speak		their = they		nom speech «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

It has no effect upon the person

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	2 has	nsubj
2	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 effect	det
4	effect	effect	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 has	obj
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 person	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 person	det
7	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 effect	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	It	no effect				upon the person	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent effect=Patient

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

It is unkind, since speaking more than one language is a skill

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 unkind	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 unkind	cop
3	unkind	unkind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 speaking	punct
5	since	since	SCONJ	_	6 speaking	mark
6	speaking	speak	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	13 skill	csubj
7	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp ExtPos=ADV	9 one	advmod
8	than	than	ADP	_	7 more	fixed
9	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 language	nummod
10	language	language	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 speaking	obj
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 skill	cop
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 skill	det
13	skill	skill	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 unkind	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	It		unkind property	tree rules
2	speak speech: other	gerund		one language		tree rules
3	is a	present	speaking	a skill		tree rules

Option 4

It is a form of friendly praise

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	4 form	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 form	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 form	det
4	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 praise	case
6	friendly	friendly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 praise	amod
7	praise	praise	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 form	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a form				of friendly praise	tree rules

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