Exam question 1 · Teasing and laughing at others

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the mockery of a speech impediment.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, response, established facts · What happens: select, be, establish, concern, mock · To what, where: response, mockery, speech impediment

This is exam question 1 of lesson 346 «Teasing and laughing at others» 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	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 facts	acl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 mockery	det
13	mockery	mockery	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	17 impediment	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 impediment	det
16	speech	speech	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 impediment	compound
17	impediment	impediment	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 mockery	nmod
18	.	.	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; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the mockery of a speech impediment		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus mockery=Experiencer
5	mock			a speech impediment		nom mockery «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

It assists the person to speak more fluently, by drawing attention to the difficulty

The tree, 14 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 assists	nsubj
2	assists	assist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 person	det
4	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 assists	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 speak	mark
6	speak	speak	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 person	acl
7	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	8 fluently	advmod
8	fluently	fluently	ADV	_	6 speak	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 drawing	punct
10	by	by	SCONJ	_	11 drawing	mark
11	drawing	draw	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 assists	advcl
12	attention	attention	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 drawing	obj
13	to	to	ADP	_	15 difficulty	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 difficulty	det
15	difficulty	difficulty	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 drawing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	assist	present	It		the person			vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent person=Beneficiary
2	speak speech: other	to-infinitive					fluently property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	draw	gerund		attention		the difficulty		vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent attention=Theme to difficulty=Destination

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It causes distress and may render the impediment more severe

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 causes	nsubj
2	causes	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	distress	distress	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 causes	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 render	cc
5	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 render	aux
6	render	render	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 causes	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 impediment	det
8	impediment	impediment	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 render	obj
9	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	10 severe	advmod
10	severe	severe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 render	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	present	It	distress					vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition distress=Patient
2	render	may		the impediment				severe property	vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent impediment=Theme

Option 3

It is of no consequence where unobserved by teachers

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	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	7 unobserved	advmod
7	unobserved	unobserv	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 consequence	acl
8	by	by	ADP	_	9 teachers	case
9	teachers	teacher	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 unobserved	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					of no consequence	tree rules
2	unobserv	participle						by teachers	tree rules

Option 4

It is harmless where intended humorously

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 harmless	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 harmless	cop
3	harmless	harmless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	5 intended	advmod
5	intended	intend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 harmless	advcl
6	humorously	humorously	ADV	_	5 intended	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					harmless property	tree rules
2	intend	participle						humorously property	vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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