Exam question 3 · When someone else takes your punishment

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the attribution to a babysitter of a permission she did not grant?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: she · What happens: follow, characteris, not grant · To what, where: attribution, permission

This is exam question 3 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 attribution	det
10	attribution	attribution	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	to	to	ADP	_	13 babysitter	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 babysitter	det
13	babysitter	babysitter	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 permission	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 permission	det
16	permission	permission	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 babysitter	nmod
17	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 grant	nsubj
18	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 grant	aux
19	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	20 grant	advmod
20	grant	grant	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 permission	acl:relcl
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the attribution	of the following statements; to a babysitter of a permission; accurately property	tree rules
3	not grant	past · do-support	she	a permission not said here		vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent permission=Theme

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 is permissible where the child is tired

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	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	8 tired	advmod
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 child	det
6	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 tired	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 tired	cop
8	tired	tired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 permissible	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					permissible property	tree rules
2	is	present	the child					tired property	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It may injure the babysitter in respect of her employment and reputation

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 injure	nsubj
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 injure	aux
3	injure	injure	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 babysitter	det
5	babysitter	babysitter	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 injure	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 respect	case
7	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 injure	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 employment	case
9	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 employment	nmod:poss
10	employment	employment	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 respect	nmod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 reputation	cc
12	reputation	reputation	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 employment	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	injure	may	It	the babysitter	respect of her employment and reputation	tree rules
2	respect			her employment and reputation		nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient
3	employ		her = she			nom employment «state transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

It is of no consequence to the babysitter

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	to	to	ADP	_	8 babysitter	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 babysitter	det
8	babysitter	babysitter	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 consequence	nmod

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

Option 4

It is a harmless convenience, since the parents cannot verify the bedtime in question

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	5 convenience	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 convenience	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 convenience	det
4	harmless	harmless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 convenience	amod
5	convenience	convenience	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 verify	punct
7	since	since	SCONJ	_	12 verify	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 parents	det
9	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 verify	nsubj
10	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 verify	aux
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 verify	advmod
12	verify	verify	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 convenience	parataxis
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 bedtime	det
14	bedtime	bedtime	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 verify	obj
15	in	in	ADP	_	16 question	case
16	question	question	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 verify	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a harmless convenience					tree rules
2	not verify	can	the parents	the bedtime		question			vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot bedtime=Topic

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