Exam question 4 · Jake and the head teacher

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the alteration of a pupil's reputation?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: pupil · What happens: follow, characteris, alter, repute · To what, where: alteration, reputation

This is exam question 4 of lesson 373 «Jake and the head teacher» 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 alteration	det
10	alteration	alteration	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	15 reputation	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 pupil	det
13	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 reputation	nmod:poss
14	's	's	PART	_	13 pupil	case
15	reputation	reputation	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 alteration	nmod
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the alteration of a pupil's reputation	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	alter			a pupil's reputation		nom alteration «event transitive»: of=patient
4	repute		a pupil			nom reputation «state transitive»: poss=agent

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

It depends solely upon the pupil's physical strength

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 depends	nsubj
2	depends	depend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	solely	solely	ADV	_	2 depends	advmod
4	upon	upon	ADP	_	9 strength	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 pupil	det
6	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 strength	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 pupil	case
8	physical	physical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 strength	amod
9	strength	strength	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 depends	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	depend	present	It					upon the pupil's physical strength; solely property	vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S_ING»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It generally proceeds more slowly than the alteration of the pupil's conduct

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 proceeds	nsubj
2	generally	generally	ADV	_	3 proceeds	advmod
3	proceeds	proceed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	5 slowly	advmod
5	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	3 proceeds	advmod
6	than	than	ADP	_	8 alteration	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 alteration	det
8	alteration	alteration	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 proceeds	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	13 conduct	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 pupil	det
11	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 conduct	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 pupil	case
13	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 alteration	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	proceed	present	It		than the alteration of the pupil's conduct; generally, slowly property	vn begin-55.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent
2	alter			the pupil's conduct		nom alteration «event transitive»: of=patient
3	conduct		the pupil			nom conduct «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

It is accomplished within a single day

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 accomplished	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 accomplished	aux:pass
3	accomplished	accomplish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	within	within	ADP	_	7 day	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 day	det
6	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 day	amod
7	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 accomplished	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	accomplish	present · passive		It			day		vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality

Option 4

It is impossible once a reputation has been established among staff and pupils

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 impossible	expl
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 impossible	cop
3	impossible	impossible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	9 established	advmod
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 reputation	det
6	reputation	reputation	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 established	nsubj
7	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 established	aux
8	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	9 established	aux:pass
9	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 impossible	ccomp
10	among	among	ADP	_	11 staff	case
11	staff	staff	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 established	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 pupils	cc
13	pupils	pupil	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 staff	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						impossible property	tree rules
2	establish	present · perfect · passive		a reputation				among staff and pupils; once property	vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

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