Exam question 2 · Rude words at the table

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the utterance of «I hate you» to a parent in a moment of anger?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: I · What happens: follow, characteris, hate · To what, where: utterance, you

This is exam question 2 of lesson 354 «Rude words at the table» 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	1 Which	nmod
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	10 utterance	det
10	utterance	utterance	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	SCONJ	_	14 hate	mark
12	«	«	PUNCT	_	14 hate	punct
13	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	14 hate	nsubj
14	hate	hate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 utterance	acl
15	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	14 hate	obj
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	10 utterance	punct
17	to	to	ADP	_	19 parent	case
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 parent	det
19	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obl
20	in	in	ADP	_	22 moment	case
21	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 moment	det
22	moment	moment	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obl
23	of	of	ADP	_	24 anger	case
24	anger	anger	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 moment	nmod
25	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the utterance	moment	to a parent; accurately property	tree rules
3	hate in a quote	present	I	you			vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus

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 · ✓ the right answer

It may cause hurt greater than the speaker intends

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 hurt	nsubj:pass
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 hurt	aux
3	cause	cause	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 hurt	aux:pass
4	hurt	hurt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	greater	great	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 hurt	xcomp
6	than	than	SCONJ	_	9 intends	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 speaker	det
8	speaker	speaker	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 intends	nsubj
9	intends	intend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 greater	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hurt	may · passive		It				great property	vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	intend	present	the speaker						vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent

Option 2

It is harmless because it is not meant

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	3 harmless	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 harmless	cop
3	harmless	harmless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	because	because	SCONJ	_	8 meant	mark
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 meant	nsubj:pass
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 meant	aux:pass
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 meant	advmod
8	meant	mean	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 harmless	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					harmless property	tree rules
2	not mean	present · passive		it					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic

Option 3

It is an acceptable means of persuasion

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 means	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 means	cop
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 acceptable	det
4	acceptable	acceptable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 means	nsubj
5	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 persuasion	case
7	persuasion	persuasion	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 means	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					of persuasion; mean property	tree rules

Option 4

It obliges the parent to reverse the refusal in order to restore calm at home

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	2 obliges	nsubj
2	obliges	oblige	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 parent	det
4	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 obliges	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 reverse	mark
6	reverse	reverse	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 obliges	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 refusal	det
8	refusal	refusal	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 reverse	obj
9	in	in	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	12 restore	mark
10	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 in	fixed
11	to	to	PART	_	12 restore	mark
12	restore	restore	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 reverse	advcl
13	calm	calm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 restore	xcomp
14	at	at	ADP	_	15 home	case
15	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 restore	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	oblige	present	It	the parent			vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent parent=Patient
2	reverse	to-infinitive		the refusal			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent refusal=Patient
3	restore	to-infinitive			home	calm property	vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent

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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