Exam question 2 · Boys who look at Maddie oddly

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises an act of violence committed by a child towards a classmate for whom he professes affection?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: child, violence · What happens: follow, characteris, commit, profess, act · To what, where: act, violence, affection

This is exam question 2 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	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	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 act	det
10	act	act	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 violence	case
12	violence	violence	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 act	nmod
13	committed	commit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 violence	acl
14	by	by	ADP	_	16 child	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 child	det
16	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 committed	obl
17	towards	towards	ADP	_	19 classmate	case
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 classmate	det
19	classmate	classmate	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obl
20	for	for	ADP	_	21 whom	case
21	whom	whom	PRON	PronType=Rel	19 classmate	nmod
22	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 professes	nsubj
23	professes	profess	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 whom	acl:relcl
24	affection	affection	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 professes	obj
25	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		a act of violence	of the following statements; towards a classmate; accurately property	tree rules
3	commit	participle		violence not said here	by a child	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	profess	present	child	affection		vn declare-29.4-1-1-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent affection=Theme
5	act		violence			nom act «communication intransitive»: of=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

The affection substantially mitigates the wrong committed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 affection	det
2	affection	affection	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 mitigates	nsubj
3	substantially	substantially	ADV	_	4 mitigates	advmod
4	mitigates	mitigate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 wrong	det
6	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 mitigates	obj
7	committed	committed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 mitigates	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mitigate	present	the affection	the wrong				committed, substantially property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent wrong=Patient

Option 2

The affection renders the act a form of play

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 affection	det
2	affection	affection	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 renders	nsubj
3	renders	render	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 act	det
5	act	act	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 renders	obj
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 form	det
7	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 renders	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 play	case
9	play	play	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 form	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	render	present	the affection	the act					vn give-13.1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent act=Recipient form=Theme
2	form			play					nom form «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

The affection obliges the classmate to reciprocate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 affection	det
2	affection	affection	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 obliges	nsubj
3	obliges	oblige	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 classmate	det
5	classmate	classmate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 obliges	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 reciprocate	mark
7	reciprocate	reciprocate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 classmate	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	oblige	present	the affection	the classmate					vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent classmate=Patient
2	reciprocate	to-infinitive	the affection not said here	the classmate not said here					vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The affection provides no excuse whatsoever for the violence

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 affection	det
2	affection	affection	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 provides	nsubj
3	provides	provide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 excuse	det
5	excuse	excuse	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 provides	obj
6	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	3 provides	advmod
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 violence	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 violence	det
9	violence	violence	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 provides	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	provide	present	the affection	no excuse				for the violence; whatsoever property	vn ensure-99 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Precondition excuse=Theme for violence=Beneficiary

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