Exam question 2 · What everyone learned about fights

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the consequences of a physical altercation?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: consequences

This is exam question 2 of lesson 395 «What everyone learned about fights» 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 consequences	det
10	consequences	consequence	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	14 altercation	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 altercation	det
13	physical	physical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 altercation	amod
14	altercation	altercation	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 consequences	nmod
15	?	?	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		the consequences of a physical altercation				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 · ✓ the right answer

The altercation is brief, whereas its consequences are of long duration

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 altercation	det
2	altercation	altercation	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 brief	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 brief	cop
4	brief	brief	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 duration	punct
6	whereas	whereas	SCONJ	_	8 consequences	case
7	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 consequences	nmod:poss
8	consequences	consequence	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 duration	obl
9	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 duration	cop
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 duration	case
11	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 duration	amod
12	duration	duration	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 brief	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the altercation					brief property	tree rules
2	is	present	the altercation not said here					of long duration; whereas altercation's consequences	tree rules

Option 2

An altercation carries no consequence whatsoever where no visible injury results

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 altercation	det
2	altercation	altercation	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 carries	nsubj
3	carries	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 consequence	det
5	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 carries	obj
6	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	7 where	advmod
7	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	3 carries	conj
8	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	11 results	det
9	visible	visible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 results	amod
10	injury	injury	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 results	compound
11	results	result	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 where	nsubj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	present	a altercation	no consequence					vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent consequence=Theme

Option 3

The altercation and its consequences are of equal duration

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 altercation	det
2	altercation	altercation	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 duration	nsubj
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 consequences	cc
4	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 consequences	nmod:poss
5	consequences	consequence	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 altercation	conj
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 duration	cop
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 duration	case
8	equal	equal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 duration	amod
9	duration	duration	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the altercation and its consequences					of equal duration	tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

The consequences cease when the altercation ends

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 consequences	det
2	consequences	consequence	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 cease	nsubj
3	cease	cease	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	7 ends	advmod
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 altercation	det
6	altercation	altercation	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 ends	nsubj
7	ends	end	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 cease	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cease	present	the consequences						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
2	end	present	the altercation						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

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