Exam question 3 · Speaking up is bravery too

Given that a pupil struck another after an unkind remark concerning his mother's illness, select the response consistent with the established facts.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: pupil, unkind remark · What happens: give, strike, concern, select, establish · To what, where: another, illness, response

This is exam question 3 of lesson 368 «Speaking up is bravery too» 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	Given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	that	that	SCONJ	_	5 struck	mark
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 pupil	det
4	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 struck	nsubj
5	struck	strike	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Given	advcl
6	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	5 struck	obj
7	after	after	ADP	_	10 remark	case
8	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 remark	det
9	unkind	unkind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 remark	amod
10	remark	remark	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 struck	obl
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 remark	acl
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 mother	nmod:poss
13	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 illness	nmod:poss
14	's	's	PART	_	13 mother	case
15	illness	illness	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 select	punct
17	select	select	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 struck	conj
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 response	det
19	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 select	obj
20	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 response	amod
21	with	with	ADP	_	24 facts	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 facts	det
23	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	24 facts	amod
24	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 consistent	obl
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	give	participle				vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	strike	past	a pupil	another	after a unkind remark	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent another=Patient
3	concern	gerund	a unkind remark not said here	pupil's mother's illness		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus illness=Experiencer
4	select	infinitive	a pupil not said here	the response		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
5	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot

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

The explanation assists understanding but does not justify the blow

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 explanation	det
2	explanation	explanation	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 assists	nsubj
3	assists	assist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	understanding	understanding	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 assists	xcomp
5	but	but	CCONJ	_	8 justify	cc
6	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 justify	aux
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 justify	advmod
8	justify	justify	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 assists	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 blow	det
10	blow	blow	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 justify	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	assist	present	the explanation					understanding property	vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
2	not justify speech: other	present · do-support	the explanation not said here	the blow					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blow=Topic

Option 2

The explanation renders the blow entirely justified

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 explanation	det
2	explanation	explanation	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 renders	nsubj
3	renders	render	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 blow	det
5	blow	blow	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 renders	obj
6	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	7 justified	advmod
7	justified	justified	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 blow	amod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	render	present	the explanation	the blow					vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blow=Theme

Option 3

The pupil who made the remark bears sole responsibility for the blow

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 pupil	det
2	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 made	nsubj
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 made	nsubj
4	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 bears	det
6	remark	remark	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 bears	compound
7	bears	bear	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 made	obj
8	sole	sole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 responsibility	amod
9	responsibility	responsibility	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 made	obj
10	for	for	ADP	_	12 blow	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 blow	det
12	blow	blow	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 made	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past	the pupil	the remark bears				for the blow	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent bear=Beneficiary responsibility=Product for blow=Asset

Option 4

No consequence ought to follow in such circumstances

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	2 consequence	det
2	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 follow	nsubj
3	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 follow	aux
4	to	to	PART	_	5 follow	mark
5	follow	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 circumstances	case
7	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 circumstances	amod
8	circumstances	circumstance	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 follow	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	ought	no consequence			such circumstances			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in circumstance=Location

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