Exam question 4 · Putting the blame on someone else

Determine what reparation is required where a pupil has falsely accused a classmate before the whole class.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: determine, require, accuse · To what, where: reparation, pupil

This is exam question 4 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	Determine	determine	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	1 Determine	obj
3	reparation	reparation	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 required	nsubj:pass
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 required	aux:pass
5	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 what	acl:relcl
6	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	11 accused	advmod
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 pupil	det
8	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 accused	nsubj:pass
9	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 accused	aux
10	falsely	falsely	ADV	_	11 accused	advmod
11	accused	accuse	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 required	advcl
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 classmate	det
13	classmate	classmate	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 accused	obj
14	before	before	ADP	_	17 class	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 class	det
16	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 class	amod
17	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 accused	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Determine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	determine	imperative	you not said here				vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic
2	require	present · passive		reparation			vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Precondition
3	accuse	present · perfect · passive		a pupil	before the whole class	falsely 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

The classmate ought to be compensated with sweets only

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 classmate	det
2	classmate	classmate	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 compensated	nsubj:pass
3	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 compensated	aux
4	to	to	PART	_	6 compensated	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 compensated	aux:pass
6	compensated	compensate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	with	with	ADP	_	8 sweets	case
8	sweets	sweet	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 compensated	obl
9	only	only	ADV	_	6 compensated	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	compensate	ought · passive		the classmate				with sweets	vn equip-13.4.2-1-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP»: subject=Recipient with sweet=Theme

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

The truth ought to be stated, and an apology offered, before the same class

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 truth	det
2	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 stated	nsubj:pass
3	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 stated	aux
4	to	to	PART	_	6 stated	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 stated	aux:pass
6	stated	state	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 offered	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 offered	cc
9	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 apology	det
10	apology	apology	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 offered	nsubj:pass
11	offered	offer	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 stated	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 class	punct
13	before	before	ADP	_	16 class	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 class	det
15	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 class	amod
16	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 offered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	state speech: other	ought · passive		the truth					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic
2	offer	participle · passive		a apology			before the same class		vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: subject=Theme

Option 3

A private apology to the teacher suffices, without any disclosure of the truth to the class

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 apology	det
2	private	private	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 apology	amod
3	apology	apology	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 suffices	nsubj
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 teacher	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 teacher	det
6	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 apology	nmod
7	suffices	suffice	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 disclosure	punct
9	without	without	ADP	_	11 disclosure	case
10	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	11 disclosure	det
11	disclosure	disclosure	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 suffices	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 truth	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 truth	det
14	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 disclosure	nmod
15	to	to	ADP	_	17 class	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 class	det
17	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 suffices	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	suffice	present	a private apology to the teacher					without any disclosure of the truth; to the class	tree rules
2	disclose			the truth					nom disclosure «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

No reparation is required following confession

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	2 reparation	det
2	reparation	reparation	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 required	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 required	aux:pass
4	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 confession	amod
6	confession	confession	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 required	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present · passive		no reparation					tree rules
2	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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