Exam question 4 · Maddie and Chloe's plaits

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the restoration of trust following an injury and a genuine apology.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts, trust · What happens: select, establish, concern, follow · To what, where: response, restoration, injury

This is exam question 4 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 restoration	det
11	restoration	restoration	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 trust	case
13	trust	trust	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 restoration	nmod
14	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	13 trust	acl
15	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 injury	det
16	injury	injury	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 following	obj
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 apology	cc
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 apology	det
19	genuine	genuine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 apology	amod
20	apology	apology	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 injury	conj
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the restoration of trust		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus restoration=Experiencer
4	follow	gerund	trust not said here	a injury and a genuine apology		vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent injury=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 · ← Mova's choice

It is restored instantaneously upon the making of any apology

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 restored	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 restored	aux:pass
3	restored	restore	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	instantaneously	instantaneously	ADV	_	3 restored	advmod
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 making	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 making	det
7	making	making	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 restored	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 apology	case
9	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	10 apology	det
10	apology	apology	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 making	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	restore	present · passive		It				upon the making of any apology; instantaneously property	vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: subject=Theme
2	make		any apology						nom making «act intransitive»: of=agent

Option 2

It is restored solely by the giving of gifts

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 restored	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 restored	aux:pass
3	restored	restore	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	solely	solely	ADV	_	3 restored	advmod
5	by	by	SCONJ	_	7 giving	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 giving	det
7	giving	give	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 restored	advcl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 gifts	case
9	gifts	gift	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 giving	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	restore	present · passive		It				solely property	vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: subject=Theme
2	give	gerund						of gifts	vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Option 3

It can never be restored in any circumstances whatsoever

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 restored	nsubj:pass
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 restored	aux
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 restored	advmod
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 restored	aux:pass
5	restored	restore	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 circumstances	case
7	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	8 circumstances	det
8	circumstances	circumstance	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 restored	obl
9	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	5 restored	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not restore	can · passive		It		any circumstances		whatsoever property	vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: subject=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It may be restored gradually, sometimes over a period of years

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 restored	nsubj:pass
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 restored	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 restored	aux:pass
4	restored	restore	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	gradually	gradually	ADV	_	4 restored	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 period	punct
7	sometimes	sometimes	ADV	PronType=Ind	10 period	advmod
8	over	over	ADP	_	10 period	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 period	det
10	period	period	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 restored	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 years	case
12	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 period	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	restore	may · passive		It		a period of years		gradually property	vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: subject=Theme

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