Exam question 1 · Spoiling and losing things

Identify the principal reason for which the withdrawal of a privilege following damage to school property is not to be regarded as revenge.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, withdrawal · What happens: identify, follow, not be, withdraw · To what, where: principal reason, damage, school property, withdrawal, privilege

This is exam question 1 of lesson 361 «Spoiling and losing things» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
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	1 Identify	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	21 regarded	obl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 withdrawal	det
8	withdrawal	withdrawal	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 regarded	nsubj:pass
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 privilege	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 privilege	det
11	privilege	privilege	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 withdrawal	nmod
12	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 withdrawal	acl
13	damage	damage	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 following	obj
14	to	to	ADP	_	16 property	case
15	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 property	compound
16	property	property	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 damage	nmod
17	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 regarded	cop
18	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	21 regarded	advmod
19	to	to	PART	_	21 regarded	mark
20	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	21 regarded	aux:pass
21	regarded	regard	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 reason	acl:relcl
22	as	as	ADP	_	23 revenge	case
23	revenge	revenge	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 regarded	obl
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal reason			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	follow	gerund	the withdrawal of a privilege not said here	damage	school property		vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent damage=Theme to property=Trajectory
3	not is	present · passive	you not said here	the withdrawal of a privilege		for the principal reason; as revenge; regard property	tree rules
4	withdraw			a privilege			nom withdrawal «communication transitive»: of=patient

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 is a consequence proportionate to the conduct and not an act of retaliation

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 consequence	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 consequence	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 consequence	det
4	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	proportionate	proportionate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 consequence	amod
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 conduct	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 conduct	det
8	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 proportionate	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 act	cc
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 act	advmod
11	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 act	det
12	act	act	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 consequence	conj
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 retaliation	case
14	retaliation	retaliation	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 act	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a consequence and a act of retaliation					tree rules
2	act		retaliation						nom act «communication intransitive»: of=agent

Option 2

It has no connection with the conduct

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 has	nsubj
2	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 connection	det
4	connection	connection	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 has	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 conduct	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 conduct	det
7	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 connection	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	It	no connection				with the conduct	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent connection=Patient

Option 3

It is undertaken chiefly for the benefit and convenience of the parent concerned

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 undertaken	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 undertaken	aux:pass
3	undertaken	undertake	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	chiefly	chiefly	ADV	_	3 undertaken	advmod
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 benefit	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 benefit	det
7	benefit	benefit	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 undertaken	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 convenience	cc
9	convenience	convenience	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 benefit	conj
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 parent	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 parent	det
12	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 benefit	nmod
13	concerned	concerned	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 parent	amod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	undertake	present · passive		It				for the benefit of the parent and convenience; chiefly property	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality

Option 4

It is imposed at random

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 imposed	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 imposed	aux:pass
3	imposed	impose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 random	case
5	random	random	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 imposed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	impose	present · passive		It		random			vn enforce-63 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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