Exam question 2 · How to say stop

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the status of the word «stop» when uttered by one pupil to another?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris, utter · To what, where: status

This is exam question 2 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 status	det
10	status	status	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 word	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 word	det
13	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 status	nmod
14	«	«	PUNCT	_	15 stop	punct
15	stop	stop	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 word	appos
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	15 stop	punct
17	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	18 uttered	advmod
18	uttered	utter	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 characterises	advcl
19	by	by	ADP	_	21 pupil	case
20	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	21 pupil	nummod
21	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 uttered	obl
22	to	to	ADP	_	23 another	case
23	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	21 pupil	nmod
24	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the status of the word	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	utter speech: other	participle		by one pupil to another	vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent

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 is valid only when accompanied by a satisfactory explanation of one's reasons

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 valid	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 valid	cop
3	valid	valid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	only	only	ADV	_	6 accompanied	advmod
5	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	6 accompanied	advmod
6	accompanied	accompany	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 valid	advcl
7	by	by	ADP	_	10 explanation	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 explanation	det
9	satisfactory	satisfactory	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 explanation	amod
10	explanation	explanation	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 accompanied	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 one	case
12	one	one	PRON	Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 explanation	nmod
13	's	's	PART	_	12 one	case
14	reasons	reason	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 one	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	It	valid property	tree rules
2	accompany	participle		by a satisfactory explanation of one	vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent by explanation=Destination
3	explain		one		nom explanation «communication intransitive»: of=agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It is a sufficient reason in itself and requires no further justification

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	5 reason	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 reason	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 reason	det
4	sufficient	sufficient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 reason	amod
5	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 itself	case
7	itself	itself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	5 reason	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 requires	cc
9	requires	require	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 reason	conj
10	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	12 justification	det
11	further	further	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 justification	amod
12	justification	justification	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 requires	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a sufficient reason				in reason	tree rules
2	require	present		no further justification					vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme justification=Precondition

Option 3

It is binding only when uttered by a member of staff

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 binding	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 binding	aux
3	binding	bind	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	only	only	ADV	_	6 uttered	advmod
5	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	6 uttered	advmod
6	uttered	utter	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 binding	xcomp
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 member	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 member	det
9	member	member	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 uttered	obl:agent
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 staff	case
11	staff	staff	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 member	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bind	present · progressive	It						tree rules
2	utter speech: other	participle							vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent

Option 4

It may be disregarded where the conduct is intended as a jest

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	4 disregarded	nsubj:pass
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 disregarded	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 disregarded	aux:pass
4	disregarded	disregard	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	9 intended	advmod
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 conduct	det
7	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 intended	nsubj:pass
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 intended	aux:pass
9	intended	intend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 disregarded	advcl
10	as	as	ADP	_	12 jest	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 jest	det
12	jest	jest	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 intended	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	disregard	may · passive		It					vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	intend	present · passive		the conduct				as a jest	vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Topic as jest=Attribute

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