Exam question 4 · When you want what others have

State the principal reason for which an undetected wrong may nonetheless require amends.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: undetect, require · To what, where: an

This is exam question 4 of lesson 353 «When you want what others have» 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	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 reason	compound
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 reason	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reason	amod
4	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 require	obl
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 require	obl
8	undetected	undetect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 an	acl
9	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 undetected	xcomp
10	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 require	aux
11	nonetheless	nonetheless	ADV	_	12 require	advmod
12	require	require	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	4 reason	parataxis
13	amends	amend	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 require	obj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 reason	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	undetect	participle						wrong property	tree rules
2	require	may		an				for the State principal reason; nonetheless property	vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme amend=Precondition

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

Detection is the sole source of obligation

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Detection	detection	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 source	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 source	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 source	det
4	sole	sole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 source	amod
5	source	source	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 obligation	case
7	obligation	obligation	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 source	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Detection	the sole source				of obligation	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Another person has suffered a loss regardless of detection

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	2 person	det
2	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 suffered	nsubj
3	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 suffered	aux
4	suffered	suffer	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 loss	det
6	loss	loss	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 suffered	obj
7	regardless	regardless	ADP	_	9 detection	case
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 detection	case
9	detection	detection	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 suffered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	suffer	present · perfect	another person	a loss				regardless detection	vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer loss=Stimulus

Option 3

Undetected wrongs cease to exist

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Undetected	undetected	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 wrongs	amod
2	wrongs	wrong	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 cease	nsubj
3	cease	cease	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 exist	mark
5	exist	exist	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 cease	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cease	present	Undetected wrongs						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
2	exist	to-infinitive	Undetected wrongs not said here						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Amends are required only following a complaint by the injured party

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Amends	amend	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 required	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 required	aux:pass
3	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	only	only	ADV	_	5 following	advmod
5	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 required	advcl
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 complaint	det
7	complaint	complaint	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 following	obj
8	by	by	ADP	_	11 party	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 party	det
10	injured	injure	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 party	amod
11	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 required	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	require	present · passive	the injured party	Amends	vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme subject=Precondition
2	follow	gerund	the injured party not said here	a complaint	vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent complaint=Theme
3	injure	participle			tree rules

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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