Exam question 1 · Wimp, scaredy-cat and other labels

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the attribution of a derogatory label to a pupil?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris, attribute · To what, where: attribution, derogatory label

This is exam question 1 of lesson 367 «Wimp, scaredy-cat and other labels» 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 attribution	det
10	attribution	attribution	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	14 label	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 label	det
13	derogatory	derogatory	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 label	amod
14	label	label	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 attribution	nmod
15	to	to	ADP	_	17 pupil	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 pupil	det
17	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obl
18	?	?	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 attribution of a derogatory label	of the following statements; to a pupil; accurately property	tree rules
3	attribute		a derogatory label		nom attribution «cognition 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 reduces an entire person to one small characteristic

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 reduces	nsubj
2	reduces	reduce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 person	det
4	entire	entire	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 person	amod
5	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reduces	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	9 characteristic	case
7	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 characteristic	nummod
8	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 characteristic	amod
9	characteristic	characteristic	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reduces	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reduce	present	It	a entire person				to one small characteristic goal	vn limit-76 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Causer person=Patient to characteristic=Goal

Option 2

It is the most effective manner of correcting behaviour

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	6 manner	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 manner	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 manner	det
4	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	5 effective	advmod
5	effective	effective	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 manner	amod
6	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	of	of	SCONJ	_	8 correcting	mark
8	correcting	correct	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 manner	acl
9	behaviour	behaviour	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 correcting	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	the effective manner					tree rules
2	correct speech: disagree	gerund	the effective manner not said here	behaviour					vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent behaviour=Patient

Option 3

It is harmless when initiated in 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	3 harmless	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 harmless	cop
3	harmless	harmless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	5 initiated	advmod
5	initiated	initiate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 harmless	advcl
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 jest	case
7	jest	jest	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 initiated	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					harmless property	tree rules
2	initiate	participle				jest			vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

It provides an accurate summary of character

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 provides	nsubj
2	provides	provide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 summary	det
4	accurate	accurate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 summary	amod
5	summary	summary	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 provides	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 character	case
7	character	character	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 summary	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	provide	present	It	a accurate summary of character					vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition summary=Theme

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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