Exam question 4 · Homework, practice and the team counting on you

State the measure most consistent with making amends for a neglected turn in a family rota.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: state, make, neglect · To what, where: measure, amends

This is exam question 4 of lesson 351 «Homework, practice and the team counting on you» 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	State	state	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 State	obj
4	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	5 consistent	advmod
5	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 measure	amod
6	with	with	SCONJ	_	7 making	mark
7	making	make	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 consistent	advcl
8	amends	amend	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 making	obj
9	for	for	ADP	_	12 turn	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 turn	det
11	neglected	neglect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 turn	amod
12	turn	turn	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 making	obl
13	in	in	ADP	_	16 rota	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 rota	det
15	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 rota	compound
16	rota	rota	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 turn	nmod
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 State	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	state speech: other	imperative	you not said here	the measure		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent measure=Topic
2	make	gerund	you not said here	amends	for a neglected turn in a family rota	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent amend=Product for turn=Asset
3	neglect	participle				vn neglect-75.1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent

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 request that the rota be abolished

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 request	det
2	request	request	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 abolished	nsubj:pass
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	5 rota	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 rota	det
5	rota	rota	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 request	nmod
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 abolished	aux:pass
7	abolished	abolish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	abolish	infinitive · passive		a request the rota					vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2

Silence until the matter is forgotten

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Silence	silence	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 forgotten	nsubj
2	until	until	ADP	_	4 matter	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 matter	det
4	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Silence	nmod
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 forgotten	aux:pass
6	forgotten	forget	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forget	present · passive		Silence until the matter					tree rules

Option 3

A written complaint regarding the rota

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 complaint	det
2	written	write	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 complaint	amod
3	complaint	complaint	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	regarding	regard	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 rota	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 rota	det
6	rota	rota	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 complaint	nmod

#	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	regard	gerund							vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

An apology followed by performance of the duty, and extra if possible

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	11 extra	nsubj
3	followed	follow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 apology	acl
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 performance	case
5	performance	performance	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 followed	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 duty	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 duty	det
8	duty	duty	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 performance	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 extra	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 extra	cc
11	extra	extra	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
12	if	if	SCONJ	_	13 possible	mark
13	possible	possible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 extra	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	participle		a apology not said here				by performance of the duty	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by performance=Location
2	perform			the duty					nom performance «communication transitive»: of=patient

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