Exam question 3 · Staying up, screens and coming home late

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the temporary withdrawal of a tablet following disobedience?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: temporary withdrawal · What happens: follow, characteris, withdraw · To what, where: temporary withdrawal, disobedience, tablet

This is exam question 3 of lesson 348 «Staying up, screens and coming home late» 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	11 withdrawal	det
10	temporary	temporary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 withdrawal	amod
11	withdrawal	withdrawal	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 tablet	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 tablet	det
14	tablet	tablet	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 withdrawal	nmod
15	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 withdrawal	acl
16	disobedience	disobedience	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 following	obj
17	?	?	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 temporary withdrawal of a tablet	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	follow	gerund	the temporary withdrawal of a tablet not said here	disobedience		vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent disobedience=Theme
4	withdraw			a tablet		nom withdrawal «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

It is an arbitrary measure without purpose

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 measure	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 measure	cop
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 measure	det
4	arbitrary	arbitrary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 measure	amod
5	measure	measure	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	without	without	ADP	_	7 purpose	case
7	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 measure	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a arbitrary measure				without purpose	tree rules

Option 2

It is an act of revenge by the parent

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	4 act	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 act	cop
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 act	det
4	act	act	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 revenge	case
6	revenge	revenge	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 act	nmod
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 parent	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 parent	det
9	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 act	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a act				of revenge; by the parent	tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It is a consequence intended to assist the child and not an act of revenge

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	4 consequence	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 consequence	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 consequence	det
4	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	intended	intend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 consequence	acl
6	to	to	PART	_	7 assist	mark
7	assist	assist	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 intended	xcomp
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 child	det
9	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 assist	obj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 act	cc
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 act	advmod
12	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 act	det
13	act	act	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 consequence	conj
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 revenge	case
15	revenge	revenge	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 act	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a consequence and a act of revenge		tree rules
2	intend	participle		a consequence and a act of revenge not said here		vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	assist not said to happen	to-infinitive			the child	vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Beneficiary
4	act		revenge			nom act «communication intransitive»: of=agent

Option 4

It relieves the child of any obligation to apologise, the penalty having been paid in full

The tree, 16 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 relieves	nsubj
2	relieves	relieve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 child	det
4	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 relieves	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 obligation	case
6	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	7 obligation	det
7	obligation	obligation	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 child	nmod
8	to	to	PART	_	9 apologise	mark
9	apologise	apologise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 obligation	acl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 paid	punct
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 penalty	det
12	penalty	penalty	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 paid	nsubj:pass
13	having	have	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	15 paid	aux
14	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	15 paid	aux:pass
15	paid	pay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 relieves	parataxis
16	in	in	ADP	_	17 full	case
17	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 paid	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	relieve	present	It	the child of any obligation		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus child=Experiencer
2	apologise speech: apologize	to-infinitive				tree rules
3	pay	gerund · perfect · passive		the penalty	full	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset

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