Exam question 3 · Copying and peeking in tests

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the withdrawal of a games console by parents following misconduct at school?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris, withdraw · To what, where: withdrawal, school, games console

This is exam question 3 of lesson 340 «Copying and peeking in tests» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Which	nmod
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 withdrawal	det
10	withdrawal	withdrawal	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	14 console	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 console	det
13	games	game	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 console	compound
14	console	console	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 withdrawal	nmod
15	by	by	ADP	_	16 parents	case
16	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
17	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	18 misconduct	case
18	misconduct	misconduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 parents	nmod
19	at	at	ADP	_	20 school	case
20	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obl
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the withdrawal of a games console	school	by parents follow misconduct; accurately property	tree rules
3	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	withdraw		a games console			nom withdrawal «communication transitive»: of=patient

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 is an act of revenge on the part of the parents

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 act	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 act	cop
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 act	det
4	act	act	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 revenge	case
6	revenge	revenge	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 act	nmod
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 part	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 part	det
9	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 act	nmod
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 parents	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 parents	det
12	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 part	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a act		the part of the parents		of revenge	tree rules

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

It is a consequence intended to instruct and not an act of revenge

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 consequence	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 consequence	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 consequence	det
4	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	intended	intend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 consequence	acl
6	to	to	PART	_	7 instruct	mark
7	instruct	instruct	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 intended	xcomp
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 act	cc
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 act	advmod
10	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 act	det
11	act	act	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 consequence	conj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 revenge	case
13	revenge	revenge	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 act	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a consequence and a act of revenge	tree rules
2	intend	participle		a consequence and a act of revenge not said here	vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	instruct speech: other not said to happen	to-infinitive			vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent
4	act		revenge		nom act «communication intransitive»: of=agent

Option 3

It is an arbitrary measure without purpose

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	5 measure	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 measure	cop
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 measure	det
4	arbitrary	arbitrary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 measure	amod
5	measure	measure	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	without	without	ADP	_	7 purpose	case
7	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 measure	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a arbitrary measure				without purpose	tree rules

Option 4

It relieves the child of any duty to make amends

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 relieves	nsubj
2	relieves	relieve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 child	det
4	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 relieves	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 duty	case
6	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	7 duty	det
7	duty	duty	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 child	nmod
8	to	to	PART	_	9 make	mark
9	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 relieves	advcl
10	amends	amend	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 make	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	relieve	present	It	the child of any duty					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus child=Experiencer
2	make	to-infinitive		amends					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset amend=Product

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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