Exam question 1 · How to say stop

Identify the course of action prescribed for a pupil whose verbal request to desist has been disregarded.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, prescribe, desist, disregard · To what, where: course, action, verbal request

This is exam question 1 of lesson 388 «How to say stop» 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	3 course	det
3	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 action	case
5	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 course	nmod
6	prescribed	prescribe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 action	acl
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 pupil	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 pupil	det
9	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 prescribed	obl
10	whose	whose	PRON	Poss=Yes PronType=Rel	12 request	nmod:poss
11	verbal	verbal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 request	amod
12	request	request	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 disregarded	nsubj:pass
13	to	to	PART	_	14 desist	mark
14	desist	desist	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 request	acl
15	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 disregarded	aux
16	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	17 disregarded	aux:pass
17	disregarded	disregard	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 pupil	acl:relcl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the course of action		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent course=Theme
2	prescribe	participle		action not said here	for a pupil	tree rules
3	desist	to-infinitive		verbal request not said here		vn refrain-69 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	disregard	present · perfect · passive		verbal request		vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: subject=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

Continued toleration of the conduct in silence

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Continued	continue	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 toleration	amod
2	toleration	toleration	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 conduct	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 conduct	det
5	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 toleration	nmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 silence	case
7	silence	silence	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 conduct	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	continue	participle							vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Physical retaliation proportionate to the provocation received

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Physical	physical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 retaliation	amod
2	retaliation	retaliation	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 received	nsubj
3	proportionate	proportionate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 retaliation	amod
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 provocation	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 provocation	det
6	provocation	provocation	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 proportionate	obl
7	received	receive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	receive	past	Physical retaliation						vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Repetition of the request in a whisper

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Repetition	repetition	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 request	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 request	det
4	request	request	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Repetition	nmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 whisper	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 whisper	det
7	whisper	whisper	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Repetition	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	repeat		the request			a whisper			nom repetition «event intransitive»: of=agent in=place

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Withdrawal from the situation and notification of a responsible adult

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Withdrawal	withdrawal	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	from	from	ADP	_	4 situation	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 situation	det
4	situation	situation	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Withdrawal	nmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 notification	cc
6	notification	notification	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 situation	conj
7	of	of	ADP	_	10 adult	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 adult	det
9	responsible	responsible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 adult	amod
10	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 notification	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	notify			a responsible adult					nom notification «act transitive»: of=patient

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