Exam question 2 · Giggles, skipping and the collection plate

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the relationship between absolution and the restitution of a coin taken from a collection?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris, take, restitute · To what, where: relationship, collection, coin

This is exam question 2 of lesson 364 «Giggles, skipping and the collection plate» 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	8 characterises	obl
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 relationship	det
10	relationship	relationship	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	between	between	ADP	_	12 absolution	case
12	absolution	absolution	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 relationship	nmod
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 restitution	cc
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 restitution	det
15	restitution	restitution	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 relationship	conj
16	of	of	ADP	_	18 coin	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 coin	det
18	coin	coin	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 restitution	nmod
19	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 relationship	acl
20	from	from	ADP	_	22 collection	case
21	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 collection	det
22	collection	collection	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 taken	obl
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the relationship and the restitution of a coin		of the following statements; between absolution; accurately property	tree rules
3	take	participle	the relationship and the restitution of a coin not said here	a collection		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent from collection=Initial_Location
4	restitute		a coin			nom restitution «possession 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

Absolution transfers ownership of the coin to the penitent

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Absolution	absolution	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 transfers	nsubj
2	transfers	transfer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	ownership	ownership	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 transfers	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 coin	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 coin	det
6	coin	coin	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ownership	nmod
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 penitent	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 penitent	det
9	penitent	penitent	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 transfers	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	transfer	present	Absolution	ownership of the coin	the penitent				vn contribute-13.2-2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent ownership=Theme to penitent=Recipient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Absolution does not remove the obligation to restore what was taken

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Absolution	absolution	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 remove	nsubj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 remove	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 remove	advmod
4	remove	remove	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 obligation	det
6	obligation	obligation	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 remove	obj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 restore	mark
8	restore	restore	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 remove	advcl
9	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	11 taken	nsubj:pass
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 taken	aux:pass
11	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 restore	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	not remove	present · do-support	Absolution	the obligation	vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent obligation=Theme
2	restore	to-infinitive	Absolution not said here		tree rules
3	take	past · passive			vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3

Absolution and restitution are mutually exclusive

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Absolution	absolution	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 exclusive	nsubj
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 restitution	cc
3	restitution	restitution	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Absolution	conj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 exclusive	cop
5	mutually	mutually	ADV	_	6 exclusive	advmod
6	exclusive	exclusive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Absolution and restitution					exclusive, mutually property	tree rules

Option 4

Restitution is required only in the case where the taking is discovered

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Restitution	restitution	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 required	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 required	aux:pass
3	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	only	only	ADV	_	7 case	advmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 case	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 case	det
7	case	case	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 required	obl
8	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	12 discovered	advmod
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 taking	det
10	taking	taking	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 discovered	nsubj:pass
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 discovered	aux:pass
12	discovered	discover	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 case	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present · passive		Restitution		the case			vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Precondition
2	discover	present · passive		the taking					vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic

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