Exam question 1 · Street gangs and loyalty

Identify the principal purpose served when a group requires a younger member to commit damage in order to «prove loyalty».

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, group · What happens: identify, serve, require, commit, prove · To what, where: principal purpose, younger member, damage, order, loyalty

This is exam question 1 of lesson 383 «Street gangs and loyalty» 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 purpose	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 purpose	amod
4	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	served	serve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 purpose	acl
6	when	when	SCONJ	_	9 requires	mark
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 group	det
8	group	group	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 requires	nsubj
9	requires	require	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 commit	advcl
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 member	det
11	younger	young	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	12 member	amod
12	member	member	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 requires	obj
13	to	to	PART	_	14 commit	mark
14	commit	commit	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Identify	parataxis
15	damage	damage	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 commit	obj
16	in	in	ADP	_	17 order	case
17	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 commit	obl
18	to	to	PART	_	20 prove	mark
19	«	«	PUNCT	_	20 prove	punct
20	prove	prove	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 commit	advcl
21	loyalty	loyalty	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 prove	obj
22	»	»	PUNCT	_	20 prove	punct
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal purpose		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent purpose=Theme
2	serve	participle		the principal purpose not said here		vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent
3	require	present	a group	a younger member		vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme member=Precondition
4	commit	to-infinitive		damage	order	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent damage=Theme in order=Destination
5	prove in a quote	to-infinitive		loyalty		vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent loyalty=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

The group protects the member from harm

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 group	det
2	group	group	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 protects	nsubj
3	protects	protect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 member	det
5	member	member	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 protects	obj
6	from	from	ADP	_	7 harm	case
7	harm	harm	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 protects	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	protect	present	the group	the member				from harm	vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent member=Beneficiary from harm=Theme

Option 2

The group assesses the member's courage in a fair and impartial manner

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 group	det
2	group	group	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 assesses	nsubj
3	assesses	assess	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 member	det
5	member	member	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 courage	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 member	case
7	courage	courage	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 assesses	obj
8	in	in	ADP	_	13 manner	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 manner	det
10	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 manner	amod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 impartial	cc
12	impartial	impartial	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 fair	conj
13	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 assesses	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	assess	present	the group	the member's courage		a fair manner			vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent courage=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The group secures the member's participation in harmful acts for its own ends

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 group	det
2	group	group	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 secures	nsubj
3	secures	secure	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 member	det
5	member	member	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 participation	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 member	case
7	participation	participation	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 secures	obj
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 acts	case
9	harmful	harmful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 acts	amod
10	acts	act	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 secures	obl
11	for	for	ADP	_	14 ends	case
12	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 ends	nmod:poss
13	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 ends	amod
14	ends	end	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 acts	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	secure	present	the group	the member's participation		harmful acts for group's own ends			vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition participation=Theme
2	participate		the member						nom participation «act intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

The group instructs the member in lawful conduct

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 group	det
2	group	group	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 instructs	nsubj
3	instructs	instruct	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 member	det
5	member	member	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 instructs	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 conduct	case
7	lawful	lawful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 conduct	amod
8	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 instructs	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	instruct speech: other	present	the group	the member		lawful conduct			vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent member=Recipient

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