Exam question 2 · Little lies at home

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning a child who permits a sibling to bear the blame for his own misconduct.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, response, established facts, child · What happens: select, be, establish, concern, permit, bear · To what, where: response, child, sibling, blame

This is exam question 2 of lesson 336 «Little lies at home» 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	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	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 consistent	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 consistent	cop
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	acl:relcl
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 facts	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 facts	det
9	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 facts	amod
10	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 consistent	obl
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 facts	acl
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 child	det
13	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
14	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 permits	nsubj
15	permits	permit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 child	acl:relcl
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 sibling	det
17	sibling	sibling	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 permits	obj
18	to	to	PART	_	19 bear	mark
19	bear	bear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 permits	advcl
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 blame	det
21	blame	blame	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 bear	obj
22	for	for	ADP	_	25 misconduct	case
23	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	25 misconduct	nmod:poss
24	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 misconduct	amod
25	misconduct	misconduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 bear	obl
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	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	is	present	the response		with the established facts; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	a child		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus child=Experiencer
5	permit	present	a child	a sibling		vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sibling=Theme
6	bear	to-infinitive	a child not said here	the blame	for child's own misconduct	vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer blame=Stimulus for misconduct=Attribute
7	misconduct		child			nom misconduct «act 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 · ✓ the right answer

He wrongs the sibling and is commonly burdened by a troubled conscience

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 wrongs	nsubj
2	wrongs	wrong	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 sibling	det
4	sibling	sibling	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wrongs	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 burdened	cc
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 burdened	aux:pass
7	commonly	commonly	ADV	_	8 burdened	advmod
8	burdened	burden	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 wrongs	conj
9	by	by	ADP	_	12 conscience	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 conscience	det
11	troubled	troubled	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 conscience	amod
12	conscience	conscience	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 burdened	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wrong	present	He	the sibling					tree rules
2	burden	present · passive	a troubled conscience					commonly property	vn equip-13.4.2-1-1 «NP.theme V NP»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

He commits no wrong provided the matter remains undiscovered

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 commits	nsubj
2	commits	commit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 wrong	det
4	wrong	wrong	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 provided	nsubj
5	provided	provide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 commits	ccomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 matter	det
7	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 remains	nsubj
8	remains	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 commits	parataxis
9	undiscovered	undiscovered	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 remains	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	commit	present	He		tree rules
2	provide	past	no wrong		vn ensure-99 «NP V that S»: agent=Precondition
3	remain	present	the matter	undiscovered property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

He thereby transfers the fault lawfully to the sibling

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	3 transfers	nsubj
2	thereby	thereby	ADV	_	3 transfers	advmod
3	transfers	transfer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 fault	det
5	fault	fault	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 transfers	obj
6	lawfully	lawfully	ADV	_	3 transfers	advmod
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 sibling	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 sibling	det
9	sibling	sibling	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 transfers	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	transfer	present	He	the fault	the sibling			lawfully, thereby property	vn contribute-13.2-2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent fault=Theme to sibling=Recipient

Option 4

He is relieved of any obligation to make amends

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	3 relieved	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 relieved	cop
3	relieved	relieved	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 obligation	case
5	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	6 obligation	det
6	obligation	obligation	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 relieved	obl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 make	mark
8	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 relieved	advcl
9	amends	amend	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 make	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He					of any obligation; relieved property	tree rules
2	make	to-infinitive	He not said here	amends					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset amend=Product

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