Exam question 2 · Jake, always in bruises

Ascertain the consequence that most commonly follows the striking of a wall with a closed fist in anger.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, most · What happens: ascertain, follow, close, strike · To what, where: consequence, striking, wall

This is exam question 2 of lesson 372 «Jake, always in bruises» 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 consequence	det
3	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 follows	mark
5	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	7 follows	nsubj
6	commonly	commonly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 most	xcomp
7	follows	follow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Ascertain	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 striking	det
9	striking	striking	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 follows	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 wall	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 wall	det
12	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 striking	nmod
13	with	with	ADP	_	16 fist	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 fist	det
15	closed	close	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 fist	amod
16	fist	fist	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 wall	nmod
17	in	in	ADP	_	18 anger	case
18	anger	anger	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 fist	nmod
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the consequence	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent consequence=Topic
2	follow	present	most	the striking of a wall with a closed fist in anger	vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent striking=Theme
3	close	participle			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
4	strike			a wall with a closed fist in anger	nom striking «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 · ✓ the right answer

Injury to the bones of the hand or wrist, the wall remaining undamaged

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Injury	injury	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	to	to	ADP	_	4 bones	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 bones	det
4	bones	bone	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Injury	nmod
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 hand	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 hand	det
7	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bones	nmod
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 wrist	cc
9	wrist	wrist	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 hand	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 wall	punct
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 wall	det
12	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Injury	conj
13	remaining	remain	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Injury	acl
14	undamaged	undamag	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 remaining	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remain	gerund	Injury to the bones of the hand or wrist and the wall not said here						tree rules
2	undamag	participle	Injury to the bones of the hand or wrist and the wall not said here						tree rules

Option 2

No consequence of any kind

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	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 kind	case
4	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	5 kind	det
5	kind	kind	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 consequence	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

The complete and lasting dissipation of all the anger which was felt by the person

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 dissipation	det
2	complete	complete	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 dissipation	amod
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 lasting	cc
4	lasting	last	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 complete	conj
5	dissipation	dissipation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 anger	case
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 anger	det:predet
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 anger	det
9	anger	anger	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 dissipation	nmod
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 felt	nsubj:pass
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 felt	aux:pass
12	felt	feel	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 anger	acl:relcl
13	by	by	ADP	_	15 person	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 person	det
15	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 felt	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	last	gerund			vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme
2	feel	past · passive	the person	all anger	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
3	dissipate			all anger	nom dissipation «event transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

Damage to the wall, the hand remaining uninjured

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Damage	damage	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	to	to	ADP	_	4 wall	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 wall	det
4	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Damage	nmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 hand	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 hand	det
7	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Damage	conj
8	remaining	remain	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 hand	acl
9	uninjured	uninjured	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 remaining	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remain	gerund	the hand not said here					uninjured property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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