Exam question 3 · What fights cost at school

It is given that a fight initiated by one pupil disrupted a lesson. Ascertain the consequence that may fall upon the class as a whole.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: fight, you, consequence · What happens: give, initiate, disrupt, ascertain, fall · To what, where: It, fight, lesson, consequence, class

This is exam question 3 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

Sentence 1: It is given that a fight initiated by one pupil disrupted a lesson.

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 given	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	11 disrupted	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 fight	det
6	fight	fight	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 disrupted	nsubj
7	initiated	initiate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 fight	acl
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 pupil	case
9	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 pupil	nummod
10	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 initiated	obl
11	disrupted	disrupt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 given	advcl
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 lesson	det
13	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 disrupted	obj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	give	present · passive		It		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	initiate	participle		a fight not said here	by one pupil	vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	disrupt	past	a fight	a lesson		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.

Sentence 2: Ascertain the consequence that may fall upon the class as a whole.

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	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 fall	nsubj
5	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 fall	aux
6	fall	fall	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 consequence	acl:relcl
7	upon	upon	ADP	_	9 class	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 class	det
9	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 fall	obl
10	as	as	ADP	_	12 whole	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 whole	det
12	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 fall	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the consequence					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent consequence=Topic
2	fall	may	the consequence			the class		as a whole	vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme upon class=Location

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

The suspension of every pupil who was present in the classroom at the time

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 suspension	det
2	suspension	suspension	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 pupil	case
4	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	5 pupil	det
5	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 suspension	nmod
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 present	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 present	cop
8	present	present	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 pupil	acl:relcl
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 classroom	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 classroom	det
11	classroom	classroom	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 present	obl
12	at	at	ADP	_	14 time	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 time	det
14	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 present	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	every pupil			the classroom	time	present property	tree rules

Option 2

No consequence whatsoever

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	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	2 consequence	advmod

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

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The forfeiture of a shared privilege, such as golden time

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 forfeiture	det
2	forfeiture	forfeiture	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 privilege	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 privilege	det
5	shared	share	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 privilege	amod
6	privilege	privilege	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 forfeiture	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 time	punct
8	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	11 time	case
9	as	as	ADP	_	8 such	fixed
10	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 time	amod
11	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 forfeiture	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	share	participle							tree rules
2	forfeit			a shared privilege					nom forfeiture «possession transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

The award of additional free time

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 award	det
2	award	award	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 time	case
4	additional	additional	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 time	amod
5	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 time	amod
6	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 award	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	award			additional free time					nom award «act transitive»: of=patient

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