Exam question 4 · Sweets, change and a friend's toy

Determine the most probable consequence where an item is taken from a classroom and no pupil admits responsibility.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, pupil · What happens: determine, take, admit · To what, where: probable consequence, item, classroom, responsibility

This is exam question 4 of lesson 338 «Sweets, change and a friend's toy» 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	Determine	determine	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 consequence	det
3	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	4 probable	advmod
4	probable	probable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 consequence	amod
5	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Determine	obj
6	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	10 taken	advmod
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 item	det
8	item	item	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 taken	nsubj:pass
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 taken	aux:pass
10	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 consequence	acl:relcl
11	from	from	ADP	_	13 classroom	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 classroom	det
13	classroom	classroom	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 taken	obl
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 admits	cc
15	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	16 pupil	det
16	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 admits	nsubj
17	admits	admit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Determine	conj
18	responsibility	responsibility	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 admits	obj
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Determine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	determine	imperative	you not said here	the probable consequence		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent consequence=Topic
2	take	present · passive		a item	a classroom	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: subject=Theme from classroom=Initial_Location
3	admit speech: other	present	no pupil	responsibility		vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent responsibility=Theme

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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

A sanction may be imposed upon the entire class until an admission is made

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 sanction	det
2	sanction	sanction	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 imposed	nsubj:pass
3	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 imposed	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 imposed	aux:pass
5	imposed	impose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	upon	upon	ADP	_	9 class	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 class	det
8	entire	entire	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 class	amod
9	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 imposed	obl
10	until	until	SCONJ	_	14 made	mark
11	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 admission	det
12	admission	admission	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 made	nsubj:pass
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 made	aux:pass
14	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 imposed	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	impose	may · passive		a sanction				upon the entire class	vn enforce-63 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	make	present · passive		a admission					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product

Option 2

The teacher invariably replaces the item without enquiry

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 teacher	det
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 replaces	nsubj
3	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	4 replaces	advmod
4	replaces	replace	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 item	det
6	item	item	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 replaces	obj
7	without	without	ADP	_	8 enquiry	case
8	enquiry	enquiry	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 replaces	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	replace	present	the teacher	the item				without enquiry; invariably property	vn substitute-13.6.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme item=Co-Theme

Option 3

The youngest pupil is held responsible

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 pupil	det
2	youngest	young	ADJ	Degree=Sup	3 pupil	amod
3	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 held	nsubj:pass
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 held	aux:pass
5	held	hold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	responsible	responsible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 held	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	present · passive		the youngest pupil				responsible property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 4

No consequence of any description ensues

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	2 consequence	det
2	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 ensues	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 description	case
4	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	5 description	det
5	description	description	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 consequence	nmod
6	ensues	ensue	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ensue	present	no consequence of any description						vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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