Exam question 2 · Putting the blame on someone else

Identify the principal reason for which the attribution of a poor mark to the teacher is disadvantageous to the pupil.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, attribution · What happens: identify, be, attribute · To what, where: principal reason, poor mark

This is exam question 2 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 reason	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reason	amod
4	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	17 disadvantageous	obl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 attribution	det
8	attribution	attribution	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 disadvantageous	nsubj
9	of	of	ADP	_	12 mark	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 mark	det
11	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 mark	amod
12	mark	mark	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 attribution	nmod
13	to	to	ADP	_	15 teacher	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 teacher	det
15	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 mark	nmod
16	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 disadvantageous	cop
17	disadvantageous	disadvantageous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reason	acl
18	to	to	ADP	_	20 pupil	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 pupil	det
20	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 disadvantageous	obl
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal reason		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	is	present	the attribution of a poor mark to the teacher		for the principal reason; to the pupil; disadvantageous property	tree rules
3	attribute			a poor mark to the teacher		nom attribution «cognition 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 · ← Mova's choice

It has no effect upon the pupil

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 has	nsubj
2	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 effect	det
4	effect	effect	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 has	obj
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 pupil	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 pupil	det
7	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 effect	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	It	no effect				upon the pupil	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent effect=Patient

Option 2

It improves the mark of the pupil, as the teacher then excuses the error

The tree, 14 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 improves	nsubj
2	improves	improve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 mark	det
4	mark	mark	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 improves	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 pupil	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 pupil	det
7	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 mark	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 excuses	punct
9	as	as	SCONJ	_	13 excuses	mark
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 teacher	det
11	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 excuses	nsubj
12	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	13 excuses	advmod
13	excuses	excuse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 improves	conj
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 error	det
15	error	error	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 excuses	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	improve	present	It	the mark of the pupil		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent mark=Patient
2	excuse	present	the teacher	the error	then	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent error=Theme
3	mark			the pupil		nom mark «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

It is required by the rules of the school

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	by	by	ADP	_	6 rules	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 rules	det
6	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 required	obl:agent
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 school	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 school	det
9	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 rules	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present · passive	the rules of the school	It					vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme subject=Precondition
2	rule		the school						nom rule «cognition intransitive»: of=agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It prevents the pupil from recognising what he must improve

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 prevents	nsubj
2	prevents	prevent	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 pupil	det
4	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 prevents	obj
5	from	from	SCONJ	_	6 recognising	mark
6	recognising	recognise	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 prevents	advcl
7	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	10 improve	obj
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 improve	nsubj
9	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 improve	aux
10	improve	improve	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 recognising	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	prevent	present	It	the pupil	vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer pupil=Theme
2	recognise	gerund			vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	improve	must	pupil		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent what=Patient

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