Exam question 2 · Maddie's nose and Connor's «equality»

Identify the principal deficiency in the assertion that a person who was struck «was asking for it».

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, strike, ask · To what, where: principal deficiency, assertion, person

This is exam question 2 of lesson 379 «Maddie's nose and Connor's «equality»» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 deficiency	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 deficiency	amod
4	deficiency	deficiency	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 assertion	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 assertion	det
7	assertion	assertion	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obl
8	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 person	mark
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 person	det
10	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 assertion	appos
11	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 struck	nsubj
12	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 struck	aux:pass
13	struck	strike	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 person	acl:relcl
14	«	«	PUNCT	_	16 asking	punct
15	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 asking	aux
16	asking	ask	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 struck	conj
17	for	for	ADP	_	18 it	case
18	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 asking	obl
19	»	»	PUNCT	_	16 asking	punct
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal deficiency	the assertion		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent deficiency=Theme
2	strike	past · passive		a person			vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: subject=Instrument
3	ask speech: ask in a quote	past · progressive				for person	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: 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 · ✓ the right answer

It excuses harm, whereas no person deserves to be injured

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 excuses	nsubj
2	excuses	excuse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	harm	harm	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 excuses	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 deserves	punct
5	whereas	whereas	SCONJ	_	8 deserves	mark
6	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	7 person	det
7	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 deserves	nsubj
8	deserves	deserve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 excuses	conj
9	to	to	PART	_	11 injured	mark
10	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	11 injured	aux:pass
11	injured	injure	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 deserves	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	excuse	present	It	harm	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent harm=Theme
2	deserve	present	no person		tree rules
3	injure	to-infinitive · passive	no person not said here		tree rules

Option 2

It is entirely without deficiency

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	5 deficiency	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 deficiency	cop
3	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	5 deficiency	advmod
4	without	without	ADP	_	5 deficiency	case
5	deficiency	deficiency	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					without deficiency; entirely property	tree rules

Option 3

It ought properly to be addressed to the victim

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	6 addressed	nsubj:pass
2	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 addressed	aux
3	properly	properly	ADV	_	6 addressed	advmod
4	to	to	PART	_	6 addressed	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 addressed	aux:pass
6	addressed	address	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 victim	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 victim	det
9	victim	victim	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 addressed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	address	ought · passive		It				to the victim; properly property	vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Destination

Option 4

It is expressed with insufficient formality for a school setting

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 expressed	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 expressed	aux:pass
3	expressed	express	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 formality	case
5	insufficient	insufficient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 formality	amod
6	formality	formality	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 expressed	obl
7	for	for	ADP	_	10 setting	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 setting	det
9	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 setting	compound
10	setting	setting	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 expressed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	express	present · passive		It				with insufficient formality; for a school setting	vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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