Exam question 3 · Girls who fight and double standards

Select the response most consistent with a single fair rule concerning blows between children.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, single fair rule · What happens: select, concern · To what, where: response, blows

This is exam question 3 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	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	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	5 consistent	advmod
5	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	amod
6	with	with	ADP	_	10 rule	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 rule	det
8	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 rule	amod
9	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 rule	amod
10	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 consistent	obl
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 rule	acl
12	blows	blow	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 concerning	obj
13	between	between	ADP	_	14 children	case
14	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 blows	nmod
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	concern	gerund	a single fair rule not said here	blows				between children	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus blow=Experiencer

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

No child should strike another, irrespective of sex

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	2 child	det
2	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 strike	nsubj
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 strike	aux
4	strike	strike	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	4 strike	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 irrespective	punct
7	irrespective	irrespective	ADV	_	4 strike	advmod
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 sex	case
9	sex	sex	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 irrespective	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	strike	should	no child	another				irrespective property	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent another=Patient

Option 2

Boys may strike boys but may never strike girls

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Boys	boy	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 strike	nsubj
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 strike	aux
3	strike	strike	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	boys	boy	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 strike	obj
5	but	but	CCONJ	_	8 strike	cc
6	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 strike	aux
7	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	8 strike	advmod
8	strike	strike	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 strike	conj
9	girls	girl	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 strike	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	strike	may	Boys	boys					vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent boy=Instrument
2	not strike	may	Boys not said here	girls					vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent girl=Instrument

Option 3

Retaliation is required whenever one is struck by another child

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Retaliation	retaliation	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 required	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 required	aux:pass
3	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	whenever	whenever	SCONJ	_	7 struck	mark
5	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 struck	nsubj:pass
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 struck	aux:pass
7	struck	strike	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 required	advcl
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 child	case
9	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	10 child	det
10	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 struck	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present · passive		Retaliation					vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Precondition
2	strike	present · passive	another child	one					vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient

Option 4

Girls may strike boys but not girls

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Girls	girl	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 strike	nsubj
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 strike	aux
3	strike	strike	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	boys	boy	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 strike	obj
5	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 girls	cc
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 girls	advmod
7	girls	girl	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 boys	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	strike	may	Girls	boys but girls					vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent boy=Instrument

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