Exam question 3 · Accidents told too late

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises reparation for the accidental breaking of the spectacles of a grandparent?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: reparation

This is exam question 3 of lesson 343 «Accidents told too late» 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	8 characterises	obl
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	reparation	reparation	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
10	for	for	ADP	_	13 breaking	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 breaking	det
12	accidental	accidental	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 breaking	amod
13	breaking	breaking	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 spectacles	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 spectacles	det
16	spectacles	spectacle	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 breaking	nmod
17	of	of	ADP	_	19 grandparent	case
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 grandparent	det
19	grandparent	grandparent	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 spectacles	nmod
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		reparation				of the following statements; for the accidental breaking of the spectacles of a grandparent; accurately property	tree rules

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

It is required only where the grandparent so demands

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	3 required	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 required	aux:pass
3	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	only	only	ADV	_	7 grandparent	advmod
5	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	7 grandparent	advmod
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 grandparent	det
7	grandparent	grandparent	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 required	obl
8	so	so	SCONJ	_	9 demands	case
9	demands	demand	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 required	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present · passive		It				so demands; the grandparent obl	vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Precondition

Option 2

It may consist solely in the payment of money

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	3 consist	nsubj
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 consist	aux
3	consist	consist	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	solely	solely	ADV	_	3 consist	advmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 payment	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 payment	det
7	payment	payment	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 consist	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 money	case
9	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 payment	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consist	may	It			the payment of money		solely property	tree rules
2	pay			money					nom payment «possession transitive»: of=patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It may consist in acts of service, such as reading aloud, as well as in money

The tree, 16 words

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	3 consist	nsubj
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 consist	aux
3	consist	consist	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 acts	case
5	acts	act	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 consist	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 service	case
7	service	service	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 acts	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 reading	punct
9	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=SCONJ	11 reading	mark
10	as	as	ADP	_	9 such	fixed
11	reading	read	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 service	parataxis
12	aloud	aloud	ADV	_	11 reading	advmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 as	punct
14	as	as	ADV	ExtPos=ADV	11 reading	advmod
15	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	14 as	fixed
16	as	as	ADP	_	14 as	fixed
17	in	in	ADP	_	18 money	case
18	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 as	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	consist	may	It	acts of service		tree rules
2	read	gerund			aloud property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	act		service			nom act «communication intransitive»: of=agent

Option 4

It is unnecessary where the breakage was accidental

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	3 unnecessary	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 unnecessary	cop
3	unnecessary	unnecessary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	8 accidental	advmod
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 breakage	det
6	breakage	breakage	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 accidental	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 accidental	cop
8	accidental	accidental	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 unnecessary	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					unnecessary property	tree rules
2	is	past	the breakage					accidental property	tree rules

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.

This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/343-accidents-told-too-late/e3/