Exam question 4 · Manners: greeting every worker, handshakes, «How's it goin…

State the effect of rudeness upon others' willingness to help.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · What happens: help, effect · To what, where: rudeness

This is exam question 4 of lesson 323 «Manners: greeting every worker, handshakes, «How's it going?», introductions, goodbyes, please and thank you, excuse me, and table manners» 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	of	of	ADP	_	5 rudeness	case
5	rudeness	rudeness	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 effect	nmod
6	upon	upon	ADP	_	9 willingness	case
7	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 willingness	nmod:poss
8	'	's	PART	_	7 others	case
9	willingness	willingness	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 effect	nmod
10	to	to	PART	_	11 help	mark
11	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 willingness	acl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 effect	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	to-infinitive							vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
2	effect			rudeness				upon others's willingness	nom effect «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient upon=obl

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 earns greater respect

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 earns	nsubj
2	earns	earn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	greater	great	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 respect	amod
4	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 earns	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	earn	present	It	greater respect					vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent respect=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It makes people less willing to help

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 makes	nsubj
2	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 makes	obj
4	less	less	ADV	Degree=Cmp	5 willing	advmod
5	willing	willing	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 makes	xcomp
6	to	to	PART	_	7 help	mark
7	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 willing	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	It	people				willing property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material people=Product
2	help	to-infinitive	people not said here						vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

Option 3

It has no effect on others whatsoever

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	on	on	ADP	_	6 others	case
6	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 effect	nmod
7	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	2 has	advmod

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

Option 4

It makes people more eager to help

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 makes	nsubj
2	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 makes	obj
4	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	5 eager	advmod
5	eager	eager	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 makes	xcomp
6	to	to	PART	_	7 help	mark
7	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 eager	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	It	people				eager property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material people=Product
2	help	to-infinitive	people not said here						vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

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