Exam question 1 · «Just hit him back» or «tell a teacher»? What the grown-up…

Identify the principal reason for which the instruction «retaliate with physical force» is considered inadvisable for a pupil subjected to provocation.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, retaliate, consider, subject · To what, where: principal reason, instruction, pupil · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 1 of lesson 391 ««Just hit him back» or «tell a teacher»? What the grown-ups say» 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	4 reason	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reason	amod
4	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 considered	obl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 instruction	det
8	instruction	instruction	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 considered	nsubj:pass
9	«	«	PUNCT	_	10 retaliate	punct
10	retaliate	retaliate	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	8 instruction	parataxis
11	with	with	ADP	_	13 force	case
12	physical	physical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 force	amod
13	force	force	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 retaliate	obl
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	10 retaliate	punct
15	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 considered	aux:pass
16	considered	consider	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 reason	acl:relcl
17	inadvisable	inadvisable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 considered	xcomp
18	for	for	ADP	_	20 pupil	case
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 pupil	det
20	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 considered	obl
21	subjected	subject	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	20 pupil	acl
22	to	to	ADP	_	23 provocation	case
23	provocation	provocation	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 subjected	obl
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal reason		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	retaliate in a quote	infinitive			with physical force	vn respond-113 «NP V PP.predicate»: agent=Agent with force=Eventuality
3	consider	present · passive		the instruction	for the principal reason; for a pupil; inadvisable property	vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Attribute
4	subject	participle		a pupil not said here	to provocation	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

Retaliation is permissible solely outside the school premises

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Retaliation	retaliation	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 permissible	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 permissible	cop
3	permissible	permissible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	solely	solely	ADV	_	3 permissible	advmod
5	outside	outside	ADP	_	8 premises	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 premises	det
7	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 premises	compound
8	premises	premise	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 permissible	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Retaliation					outside the school premises; permissible, solely property	tree rules

Option 2

Retaliation is ineffective solely on account of the pupil's size

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Retaliation	retaliation	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ineffective	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 ineffective	cop
3	ineffective	ineffective	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	solely	solely	ADV	_	6 account	advmod
5	on	on	ADP	_	6 account	case
6	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ineffective	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	11 size	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 pupil	det
9	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 size	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 pupil	case
11	size	size	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 account	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Retaliation			account of the pupil's size		ineffective property	tree rules
2	account			the pupil's size					nom account «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

Retaliation is inadvisable only for female pupils and younger children

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Retaliation	retaliation	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 inadvisable	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 inadvisable	cop
3	inadvisable	inadvisable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	only	only	ADV	_	7 pupils	advmod
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 pupils	case
6	female	female	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 pupils	amod
7	pupils	pupil	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 inadvisable	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 children	cc
9	younger	young	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	10 children	amod
10	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 pupils	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Retaliation					for female pupils and younger children; inadvisable property	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Retaliation customarily prolongs and enlarges the conflict

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Retaliation	retaliation	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 prolongs	nsubj
2	customarily	customarily	ADV	_	3 prolongs	advmod
3	prolongs	prolong	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 enlarges	cc
5	enlarges	enlarge	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 prolongs	conj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 conflict	det
7	conflict	conflict	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 enlarges	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prolong	present	Retaliation					customarily property	vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent
2	enlarge	present	Retaliation not said here	the conflict					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent conflict=Patient

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