Exam question 4 · Maddie's nose and Connor's «equality»

Ascertain the most probable consequence of a sibling undertaking to «sort out» a pupil who has injured a family member.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, sibling, pupil · What happens: ascertain, undertake, sort out, injure · To what, where: probable consequence, pupil, family member

This is exam question 4 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 consequence	det
3	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	4 probable	advmod
4	probable	probable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 consequence	amod
5	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 sibling	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 sibling	det
8	sibling	sibling	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 consequence	nmod
9	undertaking	undertake	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 sibling	acl
10	to	to	PART	_	12 sort	mark
11	«	«	PUNCT	_	12 sort	punct
12	sort	sort	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 undertaking	advcl
13	out	out	ADP	_	12 sort	compound:prt
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	12 sort	punct
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 pupil	det
16	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 sort	obj
17	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	19 injured	nsubj
18	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 injured	aux
19	injured	injure	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	16 pupil	acl:relcl
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 member	det
21	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 member	compound
22	member	member	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 injured	obj
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the probable consequence of a sibling	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent consequence=Topic
2	undertake	gerund	a sibling not said here		vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
3	sort out in a quote	to-infinitive	a sibling not said here	a pupil	vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pupil=Theme
4	injure	present · perfect	a pupil	a family member	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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Commendation by the school authorities

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Commendation	commendation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	by	by	ADP	_	5 authorities	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 authorities	det
4	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 authorities	compound
5	authorities	authority	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Commendation	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	commend		the school authorities						nom commendation «communication transitive»: by=agent

Option 2

A permanent and amicable resolution between the two families

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 resolution	det
2	permanent	permanent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 resolution	amod
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 amicable	cc
4	amicable	amicable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 permanent	conj
5	resolution	resolution	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	between	between	ADP	_	9 families	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 families	det
8	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 families	nummod
9	families	family	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 resolution	nmod

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

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

An escalation of the conflict to the detriment of all concerned

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 escalation	det
2	escalation	escalation	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerned	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 conflict	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 conflict	det
5	conflict	conflict	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 escalation	nmod
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 detriment	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 detriment	det
8	detriment	detriment	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 conflict	nmod
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 all	case
10	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 detriment	nmod
11	concerned	concerned	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	escalate			the conflict to the detriment of all					nom escalation «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

The immediate healing of the original injury

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 healing	det
2	immediate	immediate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 healing	amod
3	healing	healing	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 injury	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 injury	det
6	original	original	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 injury	amod
7	injury	injury	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 healing	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	heal		the original injury						nom healing «process intransitive»: of=agent

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