Exam question 2 · When someone else takes your punishment

Identify the principal reason for which a false excuse that has succeeded on two occasions ought not to be repeated.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, succeed, not repeat · To what, where: principal reason, false excuse, two occasions

This is exam question 2 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	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	20 repeated	obl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 excuse	det
8	false	false	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 excuse	amod
9	excuse	excuse	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 repeated	nsubj:pass
10	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 succeeded	nsubj:pass
11	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 succeeded	aux
12	succeeded	succeed	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 excuse	acl:relcl
13	on	on	ADP	_	15 occasions	case
14	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	15 occasions	nummod
15	occasions	occasion	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 succeeded	obl
16	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	20 repeated	aux
17	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	20 repeated	advmod
18	to	to	PART	_	20 repeated	mark
19	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	20 repeated	aux:pass
20	repeated	repeat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 reason	acl:relcl
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	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	succeed	present · perfect · passive		a false excuse	two occasions		tree rules
3	not repeat	ought · passive	you not said here	a false excuse		for the principal reason	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality

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

It ceases to be effective after two occasions by rule

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 ceases	nsubj
2	ceases	cease	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	5 effective	mark
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 effective	cop
5	effective	effective	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 ceases	xcomp
6	after	after	ADP	_	8 occasions	case
7	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 occasions	nummod
8	occasions	occasion	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 ceases	obl
9	by	by	ADP	_	10 rule	case
10	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ceases	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cease	present	It				after two occasions	by rule	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	is	to-infinitive						effective property	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

It becomes truthful upon repetition

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 becomes	nsubj
2	becomes	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	truthful	truthful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 becomes	xcomp
4	upon	upon	ADP	_	5 repetition	case
5	repetition	repetition	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 truthful	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	present	It					truthful property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

Option 3

It is permissible only upon two occasions

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 permissible	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 permissible	cop
3	permissible	permissible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	only	only	ADV	_	7 occasions	advmod
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 occasions	case
6	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 occasions	nummod
7	occasions	occasion	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 permissible	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					upon two occasions; permissible property	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It remains a falsehood and is liable to be detected, establishing a habit of deceit

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 remains	nsubj
2	remains	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 falsehood	det
4	falsehood	falsehood	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 remains	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 liable	cc
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 liable	cop
7	liable	liable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 remains	conj
8	to	to	PART	_	10 detected	mark
9	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 detected	aux:pass
10	detected	detect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 liable	advcl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 establishing	punct
12	establishing	establish	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 remains	advcl
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 habit	det
14	habit	habit	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 establishing	obj
15	of	of	ADP	_	16 deceit	case
16	deceit	deceit	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 habit	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	remain	present	It	a falsehood		vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme falsehood=Attribute
2	is	present			liable property	tree rules
3	detect	to-infinitive · passive				vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»
4	establish	gerund		a habit of deceit		vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent habit=Patient

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