Exam question 4 · Teasing and laughing at others

Determine what is required of a pupil who has received absolution for the mockery of a classmate.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, pupil · What happens: determine, require, receive, mock · To what, where: absolution, classmate

This is exam question 4 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	Determine	determine	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 required	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 required	aux:pass
4	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Determine	ccomp
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 pupil	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 pupil	det
7	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 required	obl
8	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 received	nsubj
9	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 received	aux
10	received	receive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	7 pupil	acl:relcl
11	absolution	absolution	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 received	obj
12	for	for	ADP	_	14 mockery	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 mockery	det
14	mockery	mockery	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 received	obl
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 classmate	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 classmate	det
17	classmate	classmate	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 mockery	nmod
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Determine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	determine	imperative	you not said here			vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	require	present · passive			of a pupil	vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Precondition
3	receive	present · perfect	a pupil	absolution	for the mockery of a classmate	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent absolution=Theme
4	mock			a classmate		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

A written report to the head teacher only, the classmate being left without any apology

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 report	det
2	written	write	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 report	amod
3	report	report	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	7 teacher	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 teacher	det
6	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 teacher	compound
7	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 report	nmod
8	only	only	ADV	_	7 teacher	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 left	punct
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 classmate	det
11	classmate	classmate	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 left	nsubj
12	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 left	aux:pass
13	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 report	acl
14	without	without	ADP	_	16 apology	case
15	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	16 apology	det
16	apology	apology	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 left	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write	participle							vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	leave	gerund · passive		the classmate				without any apology	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

An apology to the classmate and the discouragement of further mockery by others

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 apology	det
2	apology	apology	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 classmate	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 classmate	det
5	classmate	classmate	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 apology	nmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 discouragement	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 discouragement	det
8	discouragement	discouragement	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 classmate	conj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 mockery	case
10	further	further	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 mockery	amod
11	mockery	mockery	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 discouragement	nmod
12	by	by	ADP	_	13 others	case
13	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 apology	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	discourage			further mockery					nom discouragement «feeling transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

The avoidance of the classmate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 avoidance	det
2	avoidance	avoidance	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 classmate	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 classmate	det
5	classmate	classmate	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 avoidance	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	avoid			the classmate					nom avoidance «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

No further action of any description

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	3 action	det
2	further	further	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 action	amod
3	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 description	case
5	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	6 description	det
6	description	description	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 action	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	act		any description						nom action «act intransitive»: of=agent

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