Exam question 2 · Making peace between the streets

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a genuine apology?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: genuine apology

This is exam question 2 of lesson 394 «Making peace between the streets» 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	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 apology	det
10	genuine	genuine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 apology	amod
11	apology	apology	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		a genuine apology				of the following statements; accurately property	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

It requires the qualification «but you started it», so that the truth is recorded

The tree, 14 words

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 requires	nsubj
2	requires	require	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 qualification	det
4	qualification	qualification	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 requires	obj
5	«	«	PUNCT	_	8 started	punct
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	8 started	cc
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 started	nsubj
8	started	start	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 requires	parataxis
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 started	obj
10	»	»	PUNCT	_	8 started	punct
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 recorded	punct
12	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	17 recorded	mark
13	that	that	SCONJ	_	12 so	fixed
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 truth	det
15	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 recorded	nsubj:pass
16	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 recorded	aux:pass
17	recorded	record	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 requires	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	require	present	It	the qualification	vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent qualification=Recipient clause=Topic
2	start in a quote	past	you	qualification	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality
3	record	present · passive		the truth	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2

It consists solely in the utterance of the word «sorry»

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 consists	nsubj
2	consists	consist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	solely	solely	ADV	_	2 consists	advmod
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 utterance	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 utterance	det
6	utterance	utterance	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 consists	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 word	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 word	det
9	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 utterance	nmod
10	«	«	PUNCT	_	11 sorry	punct
11	sorry	sorry	INTJ	_	2 consists	discourse
12	»	»	PUNCT	_	11 sorry	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consist	present	It			the utterance of the word		solely property	tree rules
2	utter			the word					nom utterance «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It acknowledges the wrong committed without attributing blame to the injured party

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 acknowledges	nsubj
2	acknowledges	acknowledge	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 committed	det
4	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 committed	amod
5	committed	committed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 acknowledges	obj
6	without	without	SCONJ	_	7 attributing	mark
7	attributing	attribute	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 acknowledges	advcl
8	blame	blame	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 attributing	obj
9	to	to	ADP	_	12 party	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 party	det
11	injured	injured	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 party	amod
12	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 attributing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	acknowledge	present	It	the wrong committed					vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent committed=Topic
2	attribute	gerund		blame				to the injured party	tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

It is valid only where the injured party apologises first

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	3 valid	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 valid	cop
3	valid	valid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	only	only	ADV	_	9 apologises	advmod
5	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	9 apologises	advmod
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 party	det
7	injured	injure	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 party	amod
8	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 apologises	nsubj
9	apologises	apologise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 valid	advcl
10	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	9 apologises	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	It	valid property	tree rules
2	injure	participle			tree rules
3	apologise speech: apologize	present	the injured party	first property	tree rules

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