Exam question 2 · Confession, prayer and making amends at church

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the discharge of a firecracker at a dwelling occupied by an elderly person?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris, occupy, discharge · To what, where: discharge, dwelling, firecracker

This is exam question 2 of lesson 365 «Confession, prayer and making amends at church» 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 discharge	det
10	discharge	discharge	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 firecracker	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 firecracker	det
13	firecracker	firecracker	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 discharge	nmod
14	at	at	ADP	_	16 dwelling	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 dwelling	det
16	dwelling	dwelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 firecracker	nmod
17	occupied	occupy	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 dwelling	acl
18	by	by	ADP	_	21 person	case
19	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 person	det
20	elderly	elderly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 person	amod
21	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 occupied	obl
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the discharge of a firecracker at a dwelling	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	occupy	participle	a dwelling not said here	by a elderly person	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
4	discharge		a firecracker at a dwelling		nom discharge «event 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

It constitutes a harmless jest

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 constitutes	nsubj
2	constitutes	constitute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 jest	det
4	harmless	harmless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 jest	amod
5	jest	jest	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 constitutes	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	constitute	present	It	a harmless jest					vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme jest=Pivot

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It endangers persons, animals and property and causes great distress

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 endangers	nsubj
2	endangers	endanger	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 endangers	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 animals	punct
5	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 persons	conj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 property	cc
7	property	property	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 persons	conj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 causes	cc
9	causes	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 endangers	conj
10	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 distress	amod
11	distress	distress	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 causes	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	endanger	present	It	persons and animals and property					tree rules
2	cause	present		great distress					vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition distress=Patient

Option 3

It is permissible during festivals, when such noise is customary

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 permissible	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 permissible	cop
3	permissible	permissible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	during	during	ADP	_	5 festivals	case
5	festivals	festival	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 permissible	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 customary	punct
7	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	11 customary	advmod
8	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 noise	amod
9	noise	noise	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 customary	compound
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 customary	cop
11	customary	customary	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 festivals	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It				during festivals	permissible property	tree rules
2	is a	present		noise customary					tree rules

Option 4

It is without consequence if no injury results

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	without	without	ADP	_	4 consequence	case
4	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	8 results	mark
6	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	7 injury	det
7	injury	injury	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 results	compound
8	results	result	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consequence	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					without consequence; injury results nmod	tree rules

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