Exam question 2 · What fights cost at school

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a suspension from school?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: suspension, school

This is exam question 2 of lesson 375 «What fights cost at school» 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	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 suspension	det
10	suspension	suspension	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	from	from	ADP	_	12 school	case
12	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 suspension	nmod
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		a suspension		school		of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules

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

A period of leisure granted to the pupil in recognition of good conduct

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 period	det
2	period	period	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 leisure	case
4	leisure	leisure	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 period	nmod
5	granted	grant	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 period	acl
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 pupil	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 pupil	det
8	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 granted	obl
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 recognition	case
10	recognition	recognition	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 pupil	nmod
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 conduct	case
12	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 conduct	amod
13	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 recognition	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grant	participle		a period of leisure not said here	the pupil in recognition of good conduct				vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to pupil=Goal
2	recognize			good conduct					nom recognition «state transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

A permanent removal from the school without record

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 removal	det
2	permanent	permanent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 removal	amod
3	removal	removal	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 school	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 school	det
6	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 removal	nmod
7	without	without	ADP	_	8 record	case
8	record	record	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 removal	nmod

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

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

An arrangement without consequence for the pupil's education

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 arrangement	det
2	arrangement	arrangement	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	without	without	ADP	_	4 consequence	case
4	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 arrangement	nmod
5	for	for	ADP	_	9 education	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 pupil	det
7	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 education	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 pupil	case
9	education	education	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 arrangement	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	educate		the pupil						nom education «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

A period of compulsory absence during which work continues and the pupil falls behind

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 period	det
2	period	period	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 continues	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 absence	case
4	compulsory	compulsory	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 absence	amod
5	absence	absence	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 period	nmod
6	during	during	ADP	_	8 work	case
7	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	8 work	det
8	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 absence	nmod
9	continues	continue	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 falls	cc
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 pupil	det
12	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 falls	nsubj
13	falls	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 continues	conj
14	behind	behind	ADV	_	13 falls	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	continue	present	a period of compulsory absence during which work						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	fall behind	present	the pupil					behind property	vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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