Exam question 2 · What fights cost at home

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the financial liability arising from property damaged in the course of a street altercation?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: financial liability · What happens: follow, characteris, arise, damage · To what, where: financial liability, property, course

This is exam question 2 of lesson 376 «What fights cost at home» 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	11 liability	det
10	financial	financial	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 liability	amod
11	liability	liability	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
12	arising	arise	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 liability	acl
13	from	from	ADP	_	14 property	case
14	property	property	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 arising	obl
15	damaged	damage	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 property	acl
16	in	in	ADP	_	18 course	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 course	det
18	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 damaged	obl
19	of	of	ADP	_	22 altercation	case
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 altercation	det
21	street	street	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 altercation	compound
22	altercation	altercation	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 course	nmod
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the financial liability		of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	arise	gerund	the financial liability not said here		property		vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	damage	participle		property not said here	the course of a street altercation		vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=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 is entirely extinguished in any case where the damage was unintentional

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 extinguished	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 extinguished	cop
3	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	4 extinguished	advmod
4	extinguished	extinguished	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 case	case
6	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	7 case	det
7	case	case	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 extinguished	obl
8	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	12 unintentional	advmod
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 damage	det
10	damage	damage	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 unintentional	nsubj
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 unintentional	cop
12	unintentional	unintentional	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 case	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It			any case		entirely, extinguished property	tree rules
2	is	past	the damage					unintentional property	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It ordinarily falls upon the family of the child responsible

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 falls	nsubj
2	ordinarily	ordinarily	ADV	_	3 falls	advmod
3	falls	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	upon	upon	ADP	_	6 family	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 family	det
6	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 falls	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 child	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 child	det
9	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 family	nmod
10	responsible	responsible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 falls	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	present	It			the family of the child		ordinarily property	vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme upon family=Location

Option 3

It is borne by the owner of the property

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 borne	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 borne	aux:pass
3	borne	bear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 owner	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 owner	det
6	owner	owner	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 borne	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 property	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 property	det
9	property	property	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 owner	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bear	present · passive	the owner of the property	It					vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient

Option 4

It is invariably met by the local council

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 met	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 met	aux:pass
3	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	4 met	advmod
4	met	meet	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	8 council	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 council	det
7	local	local	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 council	amod
8	council	council	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 met	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	meet	present · passive	the local council	It				invariably property	vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Co-Agent

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