Exam question 4 · Girls who fight and double standards

Identify the principal reason why declining to fight is properly regarded as courageous in both boys and girls.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, boys · What happens: identify, decline, not fight, regard · To what, where: principal reason

This is exam question 4 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 reason	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reason	amod
4	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	11 regarded	advmod
6	declining	decline	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 regarded	nsubj:pass
7	to	to	PART	_	8 fight	mark
8	fight	fight	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 declining	xcomp
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 regarded	aux:pass
10	properly	properly	ADV	_	11 regarded	advmod
11	regarded	regard	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 reason	acl:relcl
12	as	as	ADP	_	13 courageous	case
13	courageous	courageous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 regarded	obl
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 boys	case
15	both	both	CCONJ	_	16 boys	cc:preconj
16	boys	boy	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 regarded	obl:agent
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 girls	cc
18	girls	girl	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 boys	conj
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal reason		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	decline	gerund				vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	not fight	to-infinitive				vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	regard	present · passive	boys and girls		as courageous; properly property	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.value»: agent=Agent subject=Theme as courageous=Value

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

It guarantees the lasting approval of all one's peers and teachers

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	2 guarantees	nsubj
2	guarantees	guarantee	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 approval	det
4	lasting	lasting	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 approval	amod
5	approval	approval	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 guarantees	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	10 peers	case
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 one	det
8	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 peers	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 one	case
10	peers	peer	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 approval	nmod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 teachers	cc
12	teachers	teacher	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 peers	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	guarantee	present	It	the lasting approval of all one's peers and teachers					vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition approval=Theme
2	approve			all one's peers and teachers					nom approval «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

It ensures that one will never again be teased by one's peers

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	2 ensures	nsubj
2	ensures	ensure	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 teased	mark
4	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 teased	nsubj:pass
5	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 teased	aux
6	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	7 again	advmod
7	again	again	ADV	_	9 teased	advmod
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 teased	aux:pass
9	teased	tease	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 ensures	advcl
10	by	by	ADP	_	13 peers	case
11	one	one	PRON	Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 peers	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 one	case
13	peers	peer	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 teased	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ensure	present	It						vn ensure-99 «NP V that S»: agent=Precondition
2	tease	future · passive	one's peers	one			again		vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It requires one to bear teasing and pressure without causing harm

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	2 requires	nsubj
2	requires	require	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	one	one	PRON	Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 requires	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 bear	mark
5	bear	bear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 requires	xcomp
6	teasing	teasing	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bear	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 pressure	cc
8	pressure	pressure	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 teasing	conj
9	without	without	SCONJ	_	10 causing	mark
10	causing	cause	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 bear	advcl
11	harm	harm	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 causing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	require	present	It	one	vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent one=Recipient clause=Topic
2	bear	to-infinitive		teasing and pressure	vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent teasing=Patient
3	cause	gerund		harm	vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition harm=Patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

It is required only of persons of a particular sex

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 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	only	only	ADV	_	6 persons	advmod
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 persons	case
6	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 required	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	10 sex	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 sex	det
9	particular	particular	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 sex	amod
10	sex	sex	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 persons	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present · passive		It					tree rules

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