Exam question 1 · Putting the blame on someone else

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the attribution of one's own misconduct to another person.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, response, established facts, one · What happens: select, be, establish, concern, attribute, misconduct · To what, where: response, attribution, own misconduct

This is exam question 1 of lesson 344 «Putting the blame on someone else» 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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 attribution	det
13	attribution	attribution	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	18 misconduct	case
15	one	one	PRON	Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 misconduct	nmod:poss
16	's	's	PART	_	15 one	case
17	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 misconduct	amod
18	misconduct	misconduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 attribution	nmod
19	to	to	ADP	_	21 person	case
20	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	21 person	det
21	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 misconduct	nmod
22	.	.	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	the attribution of one's own misconduct to another person		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus attribution=Experiencer
5	attribute			one's own misconduct to another person		nom attribution «cognition transitive»: of=patient
6	misconduct		one		to another person	nom misconduct «act transitive»: poss=agent to=obl

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 constitutes no wrong where the other person is younger

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 constitutes	nsubj
2	constitutes	constitute	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	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 constitutes	obj
5	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	10 younger	advmod
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 person	det
7	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 person	amod
8	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 younger	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 younger	cop
10	younger	young	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 constitutes	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	constitute	present	It	no wrong					vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme wrong=Pivot
2	is	present	the other person					young property	tree rules

Option 2

It is of no consequence where undiscovered

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 consequence	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 consequence	cop
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 consequence	case
4	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 consequence	det
5	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	7 undiscovered	advmod
7	undiscovered	undiscovered	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 consequence	amod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					of no consequence	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It constitutes a twofold wrong, injuring an innocent party in addition to the original offence

The tree, 15 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	2 constitutes	nsubj
2	constitutes	constitute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 twofold	det
4	twofold	twofold	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 constitutes	obj
5	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 constitutes	xcomp
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 injuring	punct
7	injuring	injure	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 constitutes	advcl
8	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 party	det
9	innocent	innocent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 party	amod
10	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 injuring	obj
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 addition	case
12	addition	addition	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 party	nmod
13	to	to	ADP	_	16 offence	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 offence	det
15	original	original	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 offence	amod
16	offence	offence	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 injuring	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	constitute	present	It	a twofold				wrong property	vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme twofold=Pivot
2	injure	gerund		a innocent party		addition		to the original offence	tree rules

Option 4

It transfers responsibility lawfully to the other person

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 transfers	nsubj
2	transfers	transfer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	responsibility	responsibility	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 transfers	obj
4	lawfully	lawfully	ADV	_	2 transfers	advmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	8 person	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 person	det
7	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 person	amod
8	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 transfers	obl

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

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