Exam question 4 · Leaving someone out

Determine the proper response of a child who, having ceased to tease others, subsequently repeats such conduct.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: determine, cease, tease · To what, where: proper response, child, others

This is exam question 4 of lesson 347 «Leaving someone out» 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	4 response	det
3	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 response	amod
4	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Determine	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 child	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 child	det
7	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 response	nmod
8	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 ceased	nsubj:pass
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 ceased	punct
10	having	have	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 ceased	aux
11	ceased	cease	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 child	acl:relcl
12	to	to	PART	_	13 tease	mark
13	tease	tease	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 ceased	xcomp
14	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 tease	obj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 repeats	punct
16	subsequently	subsequently	ADV	_	17 repeats	advmod
17	repeats	repeat	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 others	nmod
18	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 conduct	amod
19	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 repeats	conj
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Determine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	determine	imperative	you not said here	the proper response of a child	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Topic
2	cease	gerund · perfect · passive		a child	tree rules
3	tease	to-infinitive		others repeats and such conduct	vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent other=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

He ought to conceal the repetition

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 conceal	nsubj
2	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 conceal	aux
3	to	to	PART	_	4 conceal	mark
4	conceal	conceal	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 repetition	det
6	repetition	repetition	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 conceal	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conceal	ought	He	the repetition					vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent repetition=Patient

Option 2

He ought to regard the earlier apology as sufficient

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 regard	nsubj
2	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 regard	aux
3	to	to	PART	_	4 regard	mark
4	regard	regard	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 apology	det
6	earlier	early	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 apology	amod
7	apology	apology	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 regard	obj
8	as	as	ADP	_	9 sufficient	case
9	sufficient	sufficient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 regard	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	regard	ought	He	the earlier apology				as sufficient	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.value»: agent=Agent apology=Theme as sufficient=Value

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He ought to apologise once more and make amends on this occasion also

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 apologise	nsubj
2	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 apologise	aux
3	to	to	PART	_	4 apologise	mark
4	apologise	apologise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	6 more	advmod
6	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	4 apologise	advmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 make	cc
8	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 apologise	conj
9	amends	amend	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 make	obj
10	on	on	ADP	_	12 occasion	case
11	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	12 occasion	det
12	occasion	occasion	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 make	obl
13	also	also	ADV	_	8 make	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	apologise speech: apologize	ought	He						tree rules
2	make	infinitive	He not said here	amends		this occasion			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset amend=Product

Option 4

He ought to abandon all effort to improve

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 abandon	nsubj
2	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 abandon	aux
3	to	to	PART	_	4 abandon	mark
4	abandon	abandon	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 effort	det
6	effort	effort	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 abandon	obj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 improve	mark
8	improve	improve	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 effort	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	abandon	ought	He	all effort					vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial_location»: agent=Theme effort=Source
2	improve	to-infinitive	He not said here	all effort not said here					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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