Exam question 1 · Walking away
Identify the principal reason for which a confrontation cannot proceed once one party withdraws.
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, confrontation, one party · What happens: identify, not proceed, withdraw · To what, where: principal reason
This is exam question 1 of lesson 371 «Walking away» 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 | Identify | identify | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 reason | det |
| 3 | principal | principal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 reason | amod |
| 4 | reason | reason | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Identify | obj |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 which | case |
| 6 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 11 proceed | obl |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 confrontation | det |
| 8 | confrontation | confrontation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 proceed | nsubj |
| 9 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 proceed | aux |
| 10 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 11 proceed | advmod |
| 11 | proceed | proceed | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 reason | acl:relcl |
| 12 | once | once | SCONJ | _ | 15 withdraws | mark |
| 13 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 14 party | nummod |
| 14 | party | party | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 withdraws | nsubj |
| 15 | withdraws | withdraw | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 proceed | advcl |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Identify | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | identify | imperative | you not said here | the principal reason | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme | ||||
| 2 | not proceed | can | a confrontation | for the principal reason | vn begin-55.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | withdraw | present | one party | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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
The withdrawing party is automatically declared the victor of the dispute
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 party | det |
| 2 | withdrawing | withdraw | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 party | amod |
| 3 | party | party | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 declared | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 declared | aux:pass |
| 5 | automatically | automatically | ADV | _ | 6 declared | advmod |
| 6 | declared | declare | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 victor | det |
| 8 | victor | victor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 declared | obj |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 dispute | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 dispute | det |
| 11 | dispute | dispute | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 victor | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | withdraw | gerund | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | declare speech: other | present · passive | the withdrawing party | automatically property | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Theme victor=Attribute |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
A fight necessarily requires the participation of two persons
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 fight | det |
| 2 | fight | fight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 requires | nsubj |
| 3 | necessarily | necessarily | ADV | _ | 4 requires | advmod |
| 4 | requires | require | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 participation | det |
| 6 | participation | participation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 requires | obj |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 persons | case |
| 8 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 9 persons | nummod |
| 9 | persons | person | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 participation | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | require | present | a fight | the participation of two persons | necessarily property | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme participation=Precondition | |||
| 2 | participate | two persons | nom participation «act intransitive»: of=agent |
Option 3
The remaining party is obliged by law to depart
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 party | det |
| 2 | remaining | remaining | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 party | amod |
| 3 | party | party | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 obliged | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 obliged | aux:pass |
| 5 | obliged | oblige | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | by | by | ADP | _ | 7 law | case |
| 7 | law | law | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 obliged | obl |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 depart | mark |
| 9 | depart | depart | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 obliged | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | oblige | present · passive | law | the remaining party | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent subject=Patient clause=Result | ||||
| 2 | depart | to-infinitive | law not said here | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
Withdrawal is invariably followed by immediate punishment
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Withdrawal | withdrawal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 followed | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 followed | aux:pass |
| 3 | invariably | invariably | ADV | _ | 4 followed | advmod |
| 4 | followed | follow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 7 punishment | case |
| 6 | immediate | immediate | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 punishment | amod |
| 7 | punishment | punishment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 followed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | follow | present · passive | immediate punishment | Withdrawal | invariably property | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |
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