Exam question 4 · When someone else takes your punishment

Determine the measure most conducive to the restoration of a friendship damaged by the false accusation of a friend.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: determine, damage, accuse · To what, where: measure, friendship, friend

This is exam question 4 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	Determine	determine	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 measure	det
3	measure	measure	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Determine	obj
4	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	5 conducive	advmod
5	conducive	conducive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 measure	amod
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 restoration	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 restoration	det
8	restoration	restoration	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 conducive	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 friendship	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 friendship	det
11	friendship	friendship	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 restoration	nmod
12	damaged	damage	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 friendship	acl
13	by	by	ADP	_	16 accusation	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 accusation	det
15	false	false	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 accusation	amod
16	accusation	accusation	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 damaged	obl
17	of	of	ADP	_	19 friend	case
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 friend	det
19	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 accusation	nmod
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Determine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	determine	imperative	you not said here	the measure		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent measure=Topic
2	damage	participle		a friendship not said here	by the false accusation of a friend	vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	accuse			a friend		nom accusation «communication 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 · ✓ the right answer

A full admission of the truth accompanied by an apology

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 admission	det
2	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 admission	amod
3	admission	admission	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 truth	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 truth	det
6	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 admission	nmod
7	accompanied	accompany	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 admission	acl
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 apology	case
9	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 apology	det
10	apology	apology	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 accompanied	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	accompany	participle		a full admission of the truth not said here				by a apology	vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent by apology=Destination
2	admit			the truth					nom admission «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

A prolonged period of silence

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 period	det
2	prolonged	prolong	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 period	amod
3	period	period	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 silence	case
5	silence	silence	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 period	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prolong	participle							vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent

Option 3

The accusation of a third person who may have heard the secret

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 accusation	det
2	accusation	accusation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 person	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 person	det
5	third	third	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	6 person	amod
6	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 accusation	nmod
7	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 heard	nsubj
8	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 heard	aux
9	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 heard	aux
10	heard	hear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	6 person	acl:relcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 secret	det
12	secret	secret	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 heard	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hear	may · perfect	a third person	the secret					vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer secret=Stimulus
2	accuse			a third person					nom accusation «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

The disclosure of a further secret

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 disclosure	det
2	disclosure	disclosure	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 secret	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 secret	det
5	further	further	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 secret	amod
6	secret	secret	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 disclosure	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	disclose			a further secret					nom disclosure «communication transitive»: of=patient

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