Exam question 4 · «Just hit him back» or «tell a teacher»? What the grown-up…

State the conclusion consistent with the established facts concerning the rule against inflicting harm upon others.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: state, establish, concern, inflict · To what, where: conclusion, rule, harm

This is exam question 4 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	State	state	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 conclusion	det
3	conclusion	conclusion	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 State	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 State	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 rule	det
11	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	against	against	SCONJ	_	13 inflicting	mark
13	inflicting	inflict	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 concerning	advcl
14	harm	harm	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 inflicting	obj
15	upon	upon	ADP	_	16 others	case
16	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 inflicting	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 State	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	state speech: other	imperative	you not said here	the conclusion	consistent property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent conclusion=Topic
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the rule		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus rule=Experiencer
4	inflict	gerund	the established facts not said here	harm	upon others	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

The rule applies solely within the classroom and not at break

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 rule	det
2	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 applies	nsubj
3	applies	apply	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	solely	solely	ADV	_	3 applies	advmod
5	within	within	ADP	_	7 classroom	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 classroom	det
7	classroom	classroom	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 applies	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 break	cc
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 break	advmod
10	at	at	ADP	_	11 break	case
11	break	break	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 classroom	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	apply	present	the rule					within the classroom and break; solely property	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

The rule is suspended where an adult so directs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 rule	det
2	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 suspended	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 suspended	aux:pass
4	suspended	suspend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	9 directs	advmod
6	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 adult	det
7	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 directs	nsubj
8	so	so	ADV	_	9 directs	advmod
9	directs	direct	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 suspended	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	suspend	present · passive		the rule					vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	direct	present	a adult						vn performance-26.7 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The rule applies equally irrespective of the sex of the pupil

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 rule	det
2	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 applies	nsubj
3	applies	apply	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	equally	equally	ADV	_	3 applies	advmod
5	irrespective	irrespective	ADV	_	8 sex	advmod
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 sex	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sex	det
8	sex	sex	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 applies	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 pupil	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 pupil	det
11	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sex	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	apply	present	the rule					of the sex of the pupil; equally property	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	sex			the pupil					nom sex «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

The rule applies solely to female pupils

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 rule	det
2	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 applies	nsubj
3	applies	apply	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	solely	solely	ADV	_	3 applies	advmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 pupils	case
6	female	female	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 pupils	amod
7	pupils	pupil	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 applies	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	apply	present	the rule					to female pupils; solely property	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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