Exam question 2 · Breaking things and hiding the pieces

Identify the principal harms resulting from the discharge of a firecracker at the door of an elderly neighbour.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, principal · What happens: identify, harm, result, discharge · To what, where: discharge, firecracker

This is exam question 2 of lesson 342 «Breaking things and hiding the pieces» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 principal	det
3	principal	principal	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 harms	nsubj
4	harms	harm	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Identify	acl:relcl
5	resulting	result	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 harms	xcomp
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 discharge	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 discharge	det
8	discharge	discharge	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 resulting	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 firecracker	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 firecracker	det
11	firecracker	firecracker	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 discharge	nmod
12	at	at	ADP	_	14 door	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 door	det
14	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 firecracker	nmod
15	of	of	ADP	_	18 neighbour	case
16	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 neighbour	det
17	elderly	elderly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 neighbour	amod
18	neighbour	neighbour	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 door	nmod
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here			vn empathize-88.2 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	harm	present	the principal			tree rules
3	result	gerund	the principal not said here		the discharge of a firecracker at the door of a elderly neighbour	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	discharge			a firecracker at the door of a elderly neighbour		nom discharge «event 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

Harm solely to the reputation of the street

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Harm	harm	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 reputation	nsubj
2	solely	solely	ADV	_	5 reputation	advmod
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 reputation	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 reputation	det
5	reputation	reputation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 street	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 street	det
8	street	street	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 reputation	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	repute			the street					nom reputation «state transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

Harm solely to the person discharging it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Harm	harm	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 person	nsubj
2	solely	solely	ADV	_	5 person	advmod
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 person	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 person	det
5	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	discharging	discharge	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 person	acl
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 discharging	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	discharge	gerund	the person not said here	Harm					vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

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

Fear caused to the occupant and her animal, and damage to the property

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 caused	nsubj
2	caused	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 occupant	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 occupant	det
5	occupant	occupant	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 caused	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 animal	cc
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 animal	nmod:poss
8	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 occupant	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 damage	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 damage	cc
11	damage	damage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 caused	parataxis
12	to	to	ADP	_	14 property	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 property	det
14	property	property	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 damage	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	past	Fear					to the occupant and Fear's animal	vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition to occupant=Patient

Option 4

No harm, the noise being of short duration and the door being undamaged

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	2 harm	det
2	harm	harm	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 duration	punct
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 noise	det
5	noise	noise	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 duration	nsubj
6	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 duration	cop
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 duration	case
8	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 duration	amod
9	duration	duration	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 harm	conj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 door	cc
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 door	det
12	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 harm	conj
13	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	14 undamaged	aux:pass
14	undamaged	undamag	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 harm	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	gerund	the noise					of short duration	tree rules
2	undamag	gerund · passive							tree rules

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