Exam question 2 · «Just hit him back» or «tell a teacher»? What the grown-up…

Whereas a pupil has reported mistreatment to a member of staff who has taken no action, select the response most consistent with established guidance.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: staff, you · What happens: report, take, select, establish · To what, where: pupil, member, action, response

This is exam question 2 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	Whereas	whereas	SCONJ	_	5 reported	mark
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 pupil	det
3	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 reported	nsubj:pass
4	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 reported	aux
5	reported	report	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	18 select	advcl
6	mistreatment	mistreatment	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 reported	xcomp
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 member	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 member	det
9	member	member	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 reported	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 staff	case
11	staff	staff	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 member	nmod
12	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 taken	nsubj
13	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 taken	aux
14	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	11 staff	acl:relcl
15	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	16 action	det
16	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 taken	obj
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 reported	punct
18	select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 response	det
20	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 select	obj
21	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	22 consistent	advmod
22	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 response	amod
23	with	with	ADP	_	25 guidance	case
24	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	25 guidance	amod
25	guidance	guidance	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 consistent	obl
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	18 select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	report	present · perfect · passive		a pupil	a member of staff	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Topic to member=Recipient
2	take	present · perfect	staff	no action		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent action=Theme
3	select	imperative	you not said here	the response		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
4	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot

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

No further report ought to be made

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	3 report	det
2	further	further	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 report	amod
3	report	report	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 made	nsubj:pass
4	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 made	aux
5	to	to	PART	_	7 made	mark
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 made	aux:pass
7	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	ought · passive		no further report					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The report ought to be repeated, or made to another responsible adult

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 report	det
2	report	report	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 repeated	nsubj:pass
3	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 repeated	aux
4	to	to	PART	_	6 repeated	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 repeated	aux:pass
6	repeated	repeat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 made	punct
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 made	cc
9	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 repeated	conj
10	to	to	ADP	_	13 adult	case
11	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	13 adult	det
12	responsible	responsible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 adult	amod
13	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 made	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	repeat	ought · passive		the report					vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality
2	make	participle						to another responsible adult	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset

Option 3

The matter ought thereafter to be resolved by force between the pupils

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 matter	det
2	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 resolved	nsubj:pass
3	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 resolved	aux
4	thereafter	thereafter	ADV	_	7 resolved	advmod
5	to	to	PART	_	7 resolved	mark
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 resolved	aux:pass
7	resolved	resolve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	by	by	ADP	_	9 force	case
9	force	force	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 resolved	obl
10	between	between	ADP	_	12 pupils	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 pupils	det
12	pupils	pupil	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 resolved	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	resolve	ought · passive	force	the matter				between the pupils; thereafter property	tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

The pupil ought to absent himself from school

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 pupil	det
2	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 absent	nsubj
3	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 absent	aux
4	to	to	PART	_	5 absent	mark
5	absent	absent	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	5 absent	obj
7	from	from	ADP	_	8 school	case
8	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 absent	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	absent	ought	the pupil	pupil		school			tree rules

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