Exam question 1 · Boys who look at Maddie oddly

Identify the conduct most commonly associated with a child who harbours a fondness for a classmate.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, child · What happens: identify, associate, harbour · To what, where: conduct, fondness

This is exam question 1 of lesson 389 «Boys who look at Maddie oddly» 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 conduct	det
3	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	5 commonly	advmod
5	commonly	commonly	ADV	_	6 associated	advmod
6	associated	associate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 conduct	acl
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 child	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 child	det
9	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 associated	obl
10	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 harbours	nsubj
11	harbours	harbour	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 child	acl:relcl
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 fondness	det
13	fondness	fondness	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 harbours	obj
14	for	for	ADP	_	16 classmate	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 classmate	det
16	classmate	classmate	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 harbours	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the conduct		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent conduct=Theme
2	associate	participle		the conduct not said here	with a child; commonly property	vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Patient with child=Co-Patient
3	harbour	present	a child	a fondness	for a classmate	tree rules

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

Open hostility arising from genuine dislike

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 hostility	amod
2	hostility	hostility	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	arising	arise	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 hostility	acl
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 dislike	case
5	genuine	genuine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 dislike	amod
6	dislike	dislike	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 arising	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	arise	gerund	Open hostility not said here			genuine dislike			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Staring, blushing or awkward conduct in the classmate's presence

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Staring	stare	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 blushing	punct
3	blushing	blush	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Staring	conj
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 conduct	cc
5	awkward	awkward	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 conduct	amod
6	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Staring	conj
7	in	in	ADP	_	11 presence	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 classmate	det
9	classmate	classmate	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 presence	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 classmate	case
11	presence	presence	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Staring	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stare	gerund						in the classmate's presence	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in presence=Theme
2	blush	gerund							vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Formal written declarations of affection to the head teacher

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Formal	formal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 declarations	amod
2	written	write	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 declarations	amod
3	declarations	declaration	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 affection	case
5	affection	affection	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 declarations	nmod
6	to	to	ADP	_	9 teacher	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 teacher	det
8	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 teacher	compound
9	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 affection	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write	participle							vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	declare			affection to the head teacher					nom declaration «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

Indifference towards the classmate at all times

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Indifference	Indifference	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	towards	towards	ADP	_	4 classmate	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 classmate	det
4	classmate	classmate	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Indifference	nmod
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 times	case
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 times	det
7	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 classmate	nmod

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

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