Exam question 4 · Rude words at the table

State the measure most consistent with making amends for discourtesy to a member of school staff.

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

This is exam question 4 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	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	_	10 discourtesy	case
10	discourtesy	discourtesy	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 making	obl
11	to	to	ADP	_	13 member	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 member	det
13	member	member	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 making	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 staff	case
15	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 staff	compound
16	staff	staff	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 member	nmod
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 State	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	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 discourtesy; to a member of school staff	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent amend=Product for discourtesy=Asset

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

An explanation to the staff member that others had been equally discourteous

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 explanation	det
2	explanation	explanation	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 discourteous	nsubj
3	to	to	ADP	_	6 member	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 member	det
5	staff	staff	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 member	compound
6	member	member	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 explanation	nmod
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 others	det
8	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 member	conj
9	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 discourteous	aux
10	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	12 discourteous	cop
11	equally	equally	ADV	_	12 discourteous	advmod
12	discourteous	discourteous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past · perfect	a explanation to the staff member and that others					discourteous, equally property	tree rules

Option 2

Avoidance of the staff member indefinitely

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Avoidance	avoidance	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 member	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 member	det
4	staff	staff	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 member	compound
5	member	member	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Avoidance	nmod
6	indefinitely	indefinitely	ADV	_	1 Avoidance	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	avoid			the staff member					nom avoidance «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

A written complaint about the member of staff

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	about	about	ADP	_	6 member	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 member	det
6	member	member	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 complaint	nmod
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 staff	case
8	staff	staff	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 member	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

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

A prompt apology in person and courteous conduct thereafter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 apology	det
2	prompt	prompt	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 apology	amod
3	apology	apology	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 person	case
5	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 apology	nmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 conduct	cc
7	courteous	courteous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 conduct	amod
8	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 apology	conj
9	thereafter	thereafter	ADV	_	8 conduct	advmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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