Exam question 4 · Jake, always in bruises

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning a bruise.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, response, established facts · What happens: select, be, establish, concern · To what, where: response, bruise

This is exam question 4 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 consistent	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 consistent	cop
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	acl:relcl
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 facts	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 facts	det
9	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 facts	amod
10	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 consistent	obl
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 facts	acl
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 bruise	det
13	bruise	bruise	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	is	present	the response		with the established facts; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	a bruise		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus bruise=Experiencer

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 is an injury involving bleeding beneath the skin, and not a distinction

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	4 injury	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 injury	cop
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 injury	det
4	injury	injury	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	involving	involve	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 injury	acl
6	bleeding	bleeding	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 involving	obj
7	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	9 skin	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 skin	det
9	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 involving	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 distinction	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 distinction	cc
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 distinction	advmod
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 distinction	det
14	distinction	distinction	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 injury	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a injury and a distinction					tree rules
2	involve	gerund	a injury and a distinction not said here	bleeding				beneath the skin	vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bleeding=Theme

Option 2

It indicates strength 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 indicates	nsubj
2	indicates	indicate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	strength	strength	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 indicates	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 character	case
5	character	character	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 strength	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	indicate	present	It	strength of character					vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot strength=Topic

Option 3

It is incapable of causing any distress to others, such as parents or siblings

The tree, 14 words

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 incapable	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 incapable	cop
3	incapable	incapable	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	SCONJ	_	5 causing	mark
5	causing	cause	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 incapable	acl
6	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	7 distress	det
7	distress	distress	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 causing	obj
8	to	to	ADP	_	9 others	case
9	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 causing	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 parents	punct
11	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	13 parents	case
12	as	as	ADP	_	11 such	fixed
13	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 others	nmod
14	or	or	CCONJ	_	15 siblings	cc
15	siblings	sibling	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 parents	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	incapable					tree rules
2	cause	gerund	incapable not said here	any distress				to others such parents or siblings	vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition distress=Patient

Option 4

It is evidence of victory in a contest

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 evidence	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 evidence	cop
3	evidence	evidence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 victory	case
5	victory	victory	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 evidence	nmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 contest	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 contest	det
8	contest	contest	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 evidence	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	evidence		a contest		of victory	tree rules

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