Exam question 2 · Adults who help and adults who don't

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the expression «boys will be boys» when applied to physical altercations?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: boys · What happens: follow, characteris, be, apply · To what, where: expression, boys

This is exam question 2 of lesson 392 «Adults who help and adults who don't» 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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 expression	det
10	expression	expression	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	«	«	PUNCT	_	15 boys	punct
12	boys	boy	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 boys	nsubj
13	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 boys	aux
14	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	15 boys	cop
15	boys	boy	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 expression	appos
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	15 boys	punct
17	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	18 applied	advmod
18	applied	apply	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 characterises	advcl
19	to	to	ADP	_	21 altercations	case
20	physical	physical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 altercations	amod
21	altercations	altercation	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 applied	obl
22	?	?	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		the expression	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	is a in a quote	future	boys	boys		tree rules
4	apply	participle			to physical altercations	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=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

It is an appropriate response from a caring adult

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 response	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 response	cop
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 response	det
4	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 response	amod
5	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	from	from	ADP	_	9 adult	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 adult	det
8	caring	caring	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 adult	amod
9	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 response	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a appropriate response				from a caring adult	tree rules

Option 2

It constitutes official school policy on conduct

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 constitutes	nsubj
2	constitutes	constitute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	official	official	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 policy	amod
4	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 policy	compound
5	policy	policy	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 constitutes	obj
6	on	on	ADP	_	7 conduct	case
7	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 policy	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	constitute	present	It	official school policy		conduct			vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme policy=Pivot

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It is an excuse which obstructs any remedy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 excuse	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 excuse	cop
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 excuse	det
4	excuse	excuse	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 obstructs	nsubj
6	obstructs	obstruct	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 excuse	acl:relcl
7	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	8 remedy	det
8	remedy	remedy	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 obstructs	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a excuse					tree rules
2	obstruct	present	a excuse	any remedy					vn discourage-64.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer remedy=Eventuality

Option 4

It is an accurate account of the nature of boys

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 account	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 account	cop
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 account	det
4	accurate	accurate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 account	amod
5	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 nature	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 nature	det
8	nature	nature	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 account	nmod
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 boys	case
10	boys	boy	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 nature	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a accurate account				of the nature of boys	tree rules

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