Exam question 3 · Ponytail tugging: crushes shown clumsily

Select the response that is consistent with the established features of a genuine apology.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, response · What happens: select, be, establish, feature · To what, where: response, genuine apology

This is exam question 3 of lesson 387 «Ponytail tugging: crushes shown clumsily» 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	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 consistent	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 consistent	cop
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	acl:relcl
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 features	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 features	det
9	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 features	amod
10	features	feature	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 consistent	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	14 apology	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 apology	det
13	genuine	genuine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 apology	amod
14	apology	apology	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 features	nmod
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	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	is	present	the response		with the established features of a genuine apology; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	feature			a genuine apology		nom feature «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 · ← Mova's choice

It denies any intention 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	2 denies	nsubj
2	denies	deny	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	4 intention	det
4	intention	intention	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 denies	obj
5	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	2 denies	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	deny	present	It	any intention				whatsoever property	vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent intention=Eventuality

Option 2

It is accompanied by laughter in order to lessen the tension

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 accompanied	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 accompanied	aux:pass
3	accompanied	accompany	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 laughter	case
5	laughter	laughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 accompanied	obl
6	in	in	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	9 lessen	mark
7	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 in	fixed
8	to	to	PART	_	9 lessen	mark
9	lessen	lessen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 accompanied	advcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 tension	det
11	tension	tension	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 lessen	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	accompany	present · passive	laughter	It					vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
2	lessen	to-infinitive	laughter not said here	the tension					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent tension=Patient

Option 3

It is delivered solely in the presence of witnesses

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 delivered	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 delivered	aux:pass
3	delivered	deliver	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	solely	solely	ADV	_	3 delivered	advmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 presence	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 presence	det
7	presence	presence	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 delivered	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 witnesses	case
9	witnesses	witness	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 presence	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	deliver	present · passive		It		the presence of witnesses		solely property	vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It names the wrong committed, is earnest, and is subsequently honoured

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 names	nsubj
2	names	name	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 committed	det
4	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 committed	amod
5	committed	committed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 names	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 earnest	punct
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 earnest	cop
8	earnest	earn	ADJ	Degree=Sup	2 names	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 honoured	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 honoured	cc
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 honoured	aux:pass
12	subsequently	subsequently	ADV	_	13 honoured	advmod
13	honoured	honour	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 names	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	name	present	It	the wrong committed		vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent committed=Theme
2	is	present			earn property	tree rules
3	honour	present · passive			subsequently property	tree rules

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