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Exam question 4 · Ponytail tugging: crushes shown clumsily

It is given that a pupil wishes to signify friendly regard for a classmate. State the conduct most conducive to that end.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: pupil, you · What happens: give, wish, signify, state · To what, where: It, friendly regard, conduct

This is exam question 4 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

Sentence 1: It is given that a pupil wishes to signify friendly regard for a classmate.

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 given	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 wishes	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 pupil	det
6	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wishes	nsubj
7	wishes	wish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	advcl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 signify	mark
9	signify	signify	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 wishes	xcomp
10	friendly	friendly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 regard	amod
11	regard	regard	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 signify	obj
12	for	for	ADP	_	14 classmate	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 classmate	det
14	classmate	classmate	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 regard	nmod
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present · passive		It					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	wish	present	a pupil						vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
3	signify not said to happen	to-infinitive	a pupil not said here	friendly regard				for a classmate	vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot regard=Theme for classmate=Attribute

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.

Sentence 2: State the conduct most conducive to that end.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	State	state	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 conduct	det
3	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 State	obj
4	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	5 conducive	advmod
5	conducive	conducive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 conduct	amod
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 end	case
7	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	8 end	det
8	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 conducive	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 State	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	state speech: other	imperative	you not said here	the conduct					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent conduct=Topic

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

A hazardous display of skill before the classmate in the playground

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 display	det
2	hazardous	hazardous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 display	amod
3	display	display	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 skill	case
5	skill	skill	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 display	nmod
6	before	before	ADP	_	8 classmate	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 classmate	det
8	classmate	classmate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 display	nmod
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 playground	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 playground	det
11	playground	playground	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 classmate	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	display			skill			before the classmate in the playground		nom display «communication transitive»: of=patient before=obl

Option 2

The repeated pulling of the classmate's hair

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 pulling	det
2	repeated	repeat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 pulling	amod
3	pulling	pulling	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	8 hair	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 classmate	det
6	classmate	classmate	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 hair	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 classmate	case
8	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pulling	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	repeat	participle							vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	pull			the classmate's hair					nom pulling «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

A greeting, a kind remark or the sharing of a snack

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 greeting	det
2	greeting	greeting	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 remark	punct
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 remark	det
5	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 remark	amod
6	remark	remark	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 greeting	appos
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 sharing	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 sharing	det
9	sharing	sharing	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 remark	conj
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 snack	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 snack	det
12	snack	snack	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sharing	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

The concealment of the classmate's belongings

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 concealment	det
2	concealment	concealment	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	7 belongings	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 classmate	det
5	classmate	classmate	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 belongings	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 classmate	case
7	belongings	belonging	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 concealment	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conceal			the classmate's belongings					nom concealment «state transitive»: of=patient

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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