Exam question 1 · Girls who fight and double standards

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a double standard in respect of physical aggression?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris, respect · To what, where: double standard, respect, physical aggression

This is exam question 1 of lesson 381 «Girls who fight and double standards» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 standard	det
10	double	double	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 standard	amod
11	standard	standard	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
12	in	in	ADP	_	13 respect	case
13	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 aggression	case
15	physical	physical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 aggression	amod
16	aggression	aggression	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 respect	nmod
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	a double standard	respect of physical aggression	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	respect		physical aggression			nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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

The act is judged solely according to the harm it causes to the other

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 act	det
2	act	act	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 judged	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 judged	aux:pass
4	judged	judge	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	solely	solely	ADV	_	4 judged	advmod
6	according	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 harm	case
7	to	to	ADP	_	6 according	fixed
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 harm	det
9	harm	harm	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 judged	obl
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 causes	nsubj
11	causes	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 harm	acl:relcl
12	to	to	ADP	_	14 other	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 other	det
14	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 causes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	judge	present · passive		the act	accord the harm; solely property	vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V NP.value»: subject=Value
2	accord	gerund				vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
3	cause	present	act	the harm not said here	to the other	vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition harm=Patient

Option 2

All parties are subject to the same school sanction without exception

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	All	all	DET	PronType=Tot	2 parties	det
2	parties	party	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 subject	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 subject	cop
4	subject	subject	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	9 sanction	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 sanction	det
7	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 sanction	amod
8	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sanction	compound
9	sanction	sanction	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 subject	obl
10	without	without	ADP	_	11 exception	case
11	exception	exception	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sanction	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	all parties					to the same school sanction without exception; subject property	tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The identical act is judged differently according to the sex of the person committing it

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 act	det
2	identical	identical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 act	amod
3	act	act	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 judged	nsubj:pass
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 judged	aux:pass
5	judged	judge	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	differently	differently	ADV	_	5 judged	advmod
7	according	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 sex	case
8	to	to	ADP	_	7 according	fixed
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 sex	det
10	sex	sex	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 judged	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 person	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 person	det
13	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 sex	nmod
14	committing	commit	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	13 person	acl
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 committing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	judge	present · passive		the identical act	accord the sex of the person; differently property	vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V NP.value»: subject=Value
2	accord	gerund				vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
3	commit	gerund	the person not said here	act		vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
4	sex			the person		nom sex «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

Aggression is condemned irrespective of the person concerned

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Aggression	aggression	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 condemned	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 condemned	aux:pass
3	condemned	condemn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	irrespective	irrespective	ADV	_	3 condemned	advmod
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 person	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 person	det
7	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 condemned	obl
8	concerned	concerned	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 person	amod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	condemn	present · passive		Aggression				of the person; irrespective property	vn suspect-81 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme of person=Attribute

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