Exam question 4 · What fights cost at school

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning a pupil's school record.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts, pupil · What happens: select, establish, concern, record · To what, where: response, school record

This is exam question 4 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	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	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 pupil	det
11	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 record	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 pupil	case
13	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 record	compound
14	record	record	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	a pupil's school record		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus record=Experiencer
4	record		a pupil			nom record «communication 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

It may be viewed only by the pupil

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 viewed	nsubj:pass
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 viewed	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 viewed	aux:pass
4	viewed	view	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	only	only	ADV	_	4 viewed	advmod
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 pupil	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 pupil	det
8	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 viewed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	view	may · passive	the pupil	It					vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer subject=Stimulus

Option 2

It is destroyed upon the pupil's transfer to a new school, so that every pupil may begin entirely afresh

The tree, 20 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 destroyed	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 destroyed	aux:pass
3	destroyed	destroy	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	upon	upon	ADP	_	8 transfer	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 pupil	det
6	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 transfer	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 pupil	case
8	transfer	transfer	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 destroyed	obl
9	to	to	ADP	_	12 school	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 school	det
11	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 school	amod
12	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 transfer	nmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 begin	punct
14	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	19 begin	mark
15	that	that	SCONJ	_	14 so	fixed
16	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	17 pupil	det
17	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 begin	nsubj
18	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	19 begin	aux
19	begin	begin	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 destroyed	advcl
20	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	21 afresh	advmod
21	afresh	afresh	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 begin	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	destroy	present · passive		It	upon the pupil's transfer to a new school	vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	begin	may	every pupil		afresh property	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
3	transfer		the pupil		to a new school	nom transfer «act transitive»: poss=agent to=obl

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It may record both serious incidents and subsequent improvement, and may be seen by a new school

The tree, 17 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 record	nsubj
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 record	aux
3	record	record	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	6 incidents	det
5	serious	serious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 incidents	amod
6	incidents	incident	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 record	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 improvement	cc
8	subsequent	subsequent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 improvement	amod
9	improvement	improvement	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 incidents	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 seen	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 seen	cc
12	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 seen	aux
13	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	14 seen	aux:pass
14	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 record	advcl
15	by	by	ADP	_	18 school	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 school	det
17	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 school	amod
18	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 seen	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	record	may	It	both serious incidents and subsequent improvement					vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent incident=Theme
2	see	may · passive	a new school						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4

It records solely academic marks

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 records	nsubj
2	records	record	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	solely	solely	ADV	_	2 records	advmod
4	academic	academic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 marks	amod
5	marks	mark	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 records	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	record	present	It	academic marks				solely property	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mark=Theme

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