Exam question 4 · Cheek to grown-ups and saying sorry

State the outcome most commonly associated with prompt apology following an angry remark to a teacher.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, prompt apology · What happens: state, associate, follow · To what, where: outcome, angry remark

This is exam question 4 of lesson 355 «Cheek to grown-ups and saying sorry» 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 outcome	det
3	outcome	outcome	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 State	obj
4	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	5 commonly	advmod
5	commonly	commonly	ADV	_	6 associated	advmod
6	associated	associate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 outcome	acl
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 apology	case
8	prompt	prompt	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 apology	amod
9	apology	apology	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 associated	obl
10	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 apology	acl
11	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 remark	det
12	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 remark	amod
13	remark	remark	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 following	obj
14	to	to	ADP	_	16 teacher	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 teacher	det
16	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 remark	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 outcome		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent outcome=Topic
2	associate	participle		the outcome not said here	with prompt apology; commonly property	vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Patient with apology=Co-Patient
3	follow	gerund	prompt apology not said here	a angry remark	to a teacher	vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent remark=Theme to teacher=Trajectory

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

The remark is entered on a permanent record

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 remark	det
2	remark	remark	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 entered	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 entered	aux:pass
4	entered	enter	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	on	on	ADP	_	8 record	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 record	det
7	permanent	permanent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 record	amod
8	record	record	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 entered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	enter	present · passive		the remark		a permanent record			vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Destination

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Forgiveness is more readily obtained

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Forgiveness	forgiveness	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 obtained	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 obtained	aux:pass
3	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	4 readily	advmod
4	readily	readily	ADV	_	5 obtained	advmod
5	obtained	obtain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	obtain	present · passive		Forgiveness				readily property	vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3

The pupil is automatically excluded from school

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 pupil	det
2	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 excluded	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 excluded	aux:pass
4	automatically	automatically	ADV	_	5 excluded	advmod
5	excluded	exclude	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	from	from	ADP	_	7 school	case
7	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 excluded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	exclude	present · passive		the pupil		school		automatically property	vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Beneficiary from school=Eventuality

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

The teacher is required to apologise in turn

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 teacher	det
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 required	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 required	aux:pass
4	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 apologise	mark
6	apologise	apologise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 required	xcomp
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 turn	case
8	turn	turn	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 apologise	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present · passive		the teacher					vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
2	apologise speech: apologize	to-infinitive				turn			tree rules

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