Exam question 1 · When someone else takes your punishment

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning silence which permits an innocent person to be punished.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, response, concerning silence · What happens: select, be, establish, permit, punish · To what, where: response, innocent person

This is exam question 1 of lesson 345 «When someone else takes your punishment» 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	concerning	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 silence	amod
12	silence	silence	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 facts	conj
13	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 permits	nsubj
14	permits	permit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 silence	acl:relcl
15	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 person	det
16	innocent	innocent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 person	amod
17	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 permits	obj
18	to	to	PART	_	20 punished	mark
19	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	20 punished	aux:pass
20	punished	punish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	17 person	acl
21	.	.	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 and concerning silence; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	permit	present	concerning silence	a innocent person		vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent person=Theme
5	punish	to-infinitive · passive	concerning silence not said here	a innocent person not said here		vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»

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

Such silence is wrong only where the punishment is severe

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 silence	amod
2	silence	silence	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wrong	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 wrong	cop
4	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	only	only	ADV	_	10 severe	advmod
6	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	10 severe	advmod
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 punishment	det
8	punishment	punishment	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 severe	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 severe	cop
10	severe	severe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 wrong	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Such silence					wrong property	tree rules
2	is	present	the punishment					severe property	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Such silence is a form of deception which deprives the innocent person of his good name

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 silence	amod
2	silence	silence	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 form	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 form	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 form	det
5	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 deception	case
7	deception	deception	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 form	nmod
8	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 deprives	nsubj
9	deprives	deprive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 form	acl:relcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 person	det
11	innocent	innocent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 person	amod
12	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 deprives	obj
13	of	of	ADP	_	16 name	case
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 name	nmod:poss
15	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 name	amod
16	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 person	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Such silence	a form	of deception	tree rules
2	deprive	present	a form	the innocent person of person's good name		vn deprive-10.6.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent person=Source
3	name		person			nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

Silence can never constitute a wrong

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Silence	silence	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 constitute	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 constitute	aux
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 constitute	advmod
4	constitute	constitute	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 wrong	det
6	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 constitute	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not constitute	can	Silence	a wrong					vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme wrong=Pivot

Option 4

Such silence is a form of loyalty to oneself and is commendable where the punishment is slight

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 silence	amod
2	silence	silence	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 form	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 form	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 form	det
5	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 loyalty	case
7	loyalty	loyalty	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 form	nmod
8	to	to	ADP	_	9 oneself	case
9	oneself	oneself	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 loyalty	nmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 commendable	cc
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 commendable	cop
12	commendable	commendable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 form	conj
13	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	17 slight	advmod
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 punishment	det
15	punishment	punishment	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 slight	nsubj
16	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 slight	cop
17	slight	slight	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 commendable	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Such silence	a form	of loyalty to oneself	tree rules
2	is	present	Such silence not said here		commendable property	tree rules
3	is	present	the punishment		slight property	tree rules

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