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Exam question 3 · Confession, prayer and making amends at church

It is given that a child has damaged a neighbour's porch and has been forgiven. Select the step most consistent with making amends.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: give, damage, forgive, select, make · To what, where: It, child, step, amends

This is exam question 3 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

Sentence 1: It is given that a child has damaged a neighbour's porch and has been forgiven.

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	_	8 damaged	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 child	det
6	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 damaged	nsubj:pass
7	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 damaged	aux
8	damaged	damage	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 given	advcl
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 neighbour	det
10	neighbour	neighbour	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 porch	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 neighbour	case
12	porch	porch	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 damaged	obj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 forgiven	cc
14	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 forgiven	aux
15	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	16 forgiven	aux:pass
16	forgiven	forgive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 given	conj
17	.	.	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	damage	present · perfect · passive		a child					tree rules
3	forgive	present · perfect · passive							vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»

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 · ← Mova's choice

Reliance upon the parent's payment alone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Reliance	reliance	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	upon	upon	ADP	_	6 payment	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 parent	det
4	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 payment	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 parent	case
6	payment	payment	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Reliance	nmod
7	alone	alone	ADV	_	6 payment	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pay		the parent						nom payment «possession transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Personal apology and labour towards the repair of the damage

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Personal	personal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 apology	amod
2	apology	apology	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 labour	cc
4	labour	labour	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 apology	conj
5	towards	towards	ADP	_	7 repair	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 repair	det
7	repair	repair	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 apology	nmod
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 damage	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 damage	det
10	damage	damage	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 repair	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	repair			the damage					nom repair «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

Assertion that the damage was minor

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Assertion	assertion	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 minor	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 damage	det
4	damage	damage	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 minor	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 minor	cop
6	minor	minor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Assertion	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the damage	Assertion not said here				minor property	tree rules

Option 4

Absence from the neighbour's vicinity until the matter is forgotten

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Absence	absence	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 forgotten	nsubj
2	from	from	ADP	_	6 vicinity	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 neighbour	det
4	neighbour	neighbour	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 vicinity	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 neighbour	case
6	vicinity	vicinity	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Absence	nmod
7	until	until	ADP	_	9 matter	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 matter	det
9	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 vicinity	nmod
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 forgotten	aux:pass
11	forgotten	forget	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forget	present · passive		Absence from the neighbour's vicinity until the matter					tree rules

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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