Exam question 3 · Maddie's nose and Connor's «equality»

Given that pupil A shoved pupil B and pupil B subsequently struck pupil A in the face, determine which statement is consistent with the established facts.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: shoved pupil B, statement · What happens: give, shove, strike, determine, be, establish · To what, where: pupil, face

This is exam question 3 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	Given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 pupil	case
2	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 pupil	det
3	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 struck	obl
4	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 B	det
5	shoved	shove	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 B	amod
6	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 B	compound
7	B	B	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 struck	nsubj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 B	cc
9	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 B	compound
10	B	B	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 B	conj
11	subsequently	subsequently	ADV	_	12 struck	advmod
12	struck	strike	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 struck	obj
14	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 pupil	det
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 face	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 face	det
17	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 struck	obl
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 determine	punct
19	determine	determine	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 struck	advcl
20	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	21 statement	det
21	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 consistent	nsubj
22	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	23 consistent	cop
23	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 determine	ccomp
24	with	with	ADP	_	27 facts	case
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 facts	det
26	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	27 facts	amod
27	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 consistent	obl
28	.	.	PUNCT	_	12 struck	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	give	participle					vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	shove	participle					vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent
3	strike	past	a shoved pupil B and pupil B	a pupil	the face	give that pupil; subsequently property	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent pupil=Instrument
4	determine	infinitive	a shoved pupil B and pupil B not said here				vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
5	is	present	which statement			with the established facts; consistent property	tree rules
6	establish	participle					vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot

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

Both acted wrongly, the blow to the face constituting the greater harm

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Both	both	CCONJ	_	2 acted	cc:preconj
2	acted	act	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	wrongly	wrongly	ADV	_	2 acted	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 blow	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 blow	det
6	blow	blow	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 acted	obl
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 face	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 face	det
9	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 blow	nmod
10	constituting	constitute	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 blow	acl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 harm	det
12	greater	great	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	13 harm	amod
13	harm	harm	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 constituting	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	act	past		the blow to the face				wrongly property	vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	constitute	gerund	the blow to the face not said here	the greater harm					vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme harm=Pivot

Option 2

Pupil A alone acted wrongly, having acted first

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 acted	nsubj:pass
2	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 acted	det
3	alone	alone	ADV	_	4 acted	advmod
4	acted	act	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	wrongly	wrongly	ADV	_	4 acted	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 acted	punct
7	having	have	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 acted	aux
8	acted	act	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 acted	conj
9	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	8 acted	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	act	participle · passive		Pupil				alone, wrongly property	vn act-114-1-1 «NP V PP.predicate»: subject=Eventuality
2	act	gerund · perfect						first property	vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Pupil B alone acted wrongly, the shove being permissible

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 acted	nsubj
2	B	B	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Pupil	flat
3	alone	alone	ADV	_	4 acted	advmod
4	acted	act	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	wrongly	wrongly	ADV	_	4 acted	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 permissible	punct
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 shove	det
8	shove	shove	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 permissible	nsubj
9	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 permissible	cop
10	permissible	permissible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 acted	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	act	past	Pupil					alone, wrongly property	vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	gerund	the shove					permissible property	tree rules

Option 4

Neither acted wrongly, the exchange being reciprocal

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Neither	neither	ADV	_	2 acted	advmod
2	acted	act	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	wrongly	wrongly	ADV	_	2 acted	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 reciprocal	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 exchange	det
6	exchange	exchange	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 reciprocal	nsubj
7	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 reciprocal	cop
8	reciprocal	reciprocal	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 acted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	act	past						neither, wrongly property	vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is a	gerund	the exchange	reciprocal					tree rules

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