Exam question 1 · Maddie and Chloe's plaits

Identify the principal constituents of an adequate apology.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify · To what, where: principal constituents

This is exam question 1 of lesson 380 «Maddie and Chloe's plaits» 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 constituents	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 constituents	amod
4	constituents	constituent	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Identify	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 apology	case
6	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 apology	det
7	adequate	adequate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 apology	amod
8	apology	apology	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 constituents	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal constituents of a adequate apology					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent constituent=Theme

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

An account of the other party's provocation and of its effects upon oneself

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 account	det
2	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	8 provocation	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 party	det
5	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 party	amod
6	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 provocation	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 party	case
8	provocation	provocation	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 account	nmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 effects	cc
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 effects	case
11	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 effects	nmod:poss
12	effects	effect	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 provocation	conj
13	upon	upon	ADP	_	14 oneself	case
14	oneself	oneself	PRON	PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	12 effects	nmod

#	verb	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	account		the other party's provocation and party's effects upon oneself		nom account «communication transitive»: of=patient
2	provoke	the other party			nom provocation «act transitive»: poss=agent
3	effect	party		upon oneself	nom effect «phenomenon transitive»: poss=agent upon=obl

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

A gift of confectionery of adequate value, presented in person

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 gift	det
2	gift	gift	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 confectionery	case
4	confectionery	confectionery	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gift	nmod
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 value	case
6	adequate	adequate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 value	amod
7	value	value	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 confectionery	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 presented	punct
9	presented	present	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 gift	acl
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 person	case
11	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 presented	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	present	participle		a gift of confectionery of adequate value not said here				in person	vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	gift			confectionery of adequate value					nom gift «possession transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

A promise conditional upon reciprocal apology

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 promise	det
2	promise	promise	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	conditional	conditional	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 promise	amod
4	upon	upon	ADP	_	6 apology	case
5	reciprocal	reciprocal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 apology	amod
6	apology	apology	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 conditional	obl

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

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

A statement of the act, an acknowledgement of its wrongness and an expression of regret

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 statement	det
2	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 act	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 act	det
5	act	act	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 statement	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 acknowledgement	punct
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 acknowledgement	det
8	acknowledgement	acknowledgement	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 statement	conj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 wrongness	case
10	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 wrongness	nmod:poss
11	wrongness	wrongness	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 acknowledgement	nmod
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 expression	cc
13	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 expression	det
14	expression	expression	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 statement	conj
15	of	of	ADP	_	16 regret	case
16	regret	regret	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 expression	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	state			the act					nom statement «communication transitive»: of=patient

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