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Exam question 3 · Spoiling and losing things

It is given that a child, having been punished, sulked and later ceased to sulk. Select the step most consistent with making amends.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: give, punish, sulk, cease, select, make · To what, where: It, step, amends

This is exam question 3 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

Sentence 1: It is given that a child, having been punished, sulked and later ceased to sulk.

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 given	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 child	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 child	det
6	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 given	xcomp
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 punished	punct
8	having	have	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 punished	aux
9	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	10 punished	aux:pass
10	punished	punish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 given	parataxis
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 sulked	punct
12	sulked	sulk	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 punished	conj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 ceased	cc
14	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	15 ceased	advmod
15	ceased	cease	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 sulked	conj
16	to	to	PART	_	17 sulk	mark
17	sulk	sulk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 ceased	xcomp
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present · passive		It					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	punish	gerund · perfect · passive							vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»
3	sulk	participle							vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
4	cease	past						late property	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
5	sulk	to-infinitive							vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

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.

Sentence 2: Select the step most consistent with making amends.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 step	det
3	step	step	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	5 consistent	advmod
5	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 step	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	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the step					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent step=Theme
2	make	gerund	you not said here	amends					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset amend=Product

The options

Option 1

The child disregards the matter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 child	det
2	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 disregards	nsubj
3	disregards	disregard	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 matter	det
5	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 disregards	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	disregard	present	the child	the matter					vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent matter=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

The child awaits an apology from the parent before taking any further step

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 child	det
2	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 awaits	nsubj
3	awaits	await	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 apology	det
5	apology	apology	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 awaits	obj
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 parent	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 parent	det
8	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 awaits	obl
9	before	before	SCONJ	_	10 taking	mark
10	taking	take	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 awaits	advcl
11	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	13 step	det
12	further	further	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 step	amod
13	step	step	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 taking	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	await	present	the child	a apology				from the parent	tree rules
2	take	gerund	the child not said here	any further step					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent step=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The child apologises and repairs or replaces what was spoiled

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 child	det
2	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 apologises	nsubj
3	apologises	apologise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 repairs	cc
5	repairs	repair	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 apologises	conj
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 replaces	cc
7	replaces	replace	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 apologises	conj
8	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	10 spoiled	nsubj:pass
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 spoiled	aux:pass
10	spoiled	spoil	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 replaces	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	apologise speech: apologize	present	the child						tree rules
2	repair	present	the child not said here						vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent
3	replace	present	the child not said here						tree rules
4	spoil	past · passive							tree rules

Option 4

The child resumes sulking

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 resumes	det
2	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 resumes	compound
3	resumes	resume	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	sulking	sulk	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 resumes	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sulk	gerund	the child resumes not said here						vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

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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