Exam question 4 · What everyone learned about fights

State the conclusion most consistent with the observed conduct of a pupil formerly given to frequent fighting.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: state, observe, give, conduct · To what, where: conclusion, pupil, frequent fighting

This is exam question 4 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	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	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	5 consistent	advmod
5	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 conclusion	amod
6	with	with	ADP	_	9 conduct	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 conduct	det
8	observed	observe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 conduct	amod
9	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 consistent	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 pupil	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 pupil	det
12	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 conduct	nmod
13	formerly	formerly	ADV	_	14 given	advmod
14	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 pupil	acl
15	to	to	ADP	_	17 fighting	case
16	frequent	frequent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 fighting	amod
17	fighting	fighting	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 given	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 State	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	state speech: other	imperative	you not said here	the conclusion			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent conclusion=Topic
2	observe	participle					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	give	participle		a pupil not said here	frequent fighting	formerly property	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to fighting=Recipient
4	conduct			a pupil			nom conduct «act transitive»: of=patient

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 right answer

Persistent combative conduct may be altered with assistance and constructive occupation

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Persistent	persistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 conduct	amod
2	combative	combative	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 conduct	amod
3	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 altered	nsubj:pass
4	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 altered	aux
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 altered	aux:pass
6	altered	alter	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	with	with	ADP	_	8 assistance	case
8	assistance	assistance	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 altered	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 occupation	cc
10	constructive	constructive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 occupation	amod
11	occupation	occupation	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 assistance	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	alter	may · passive		Persistent combative conduct				with assistance and constructive occupation	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with assistance=Instrument

Option 2

Such conduct alters solely through punishment

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 conduct	amod
2	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 alters	nsubj
3	alters	alter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	solely	solely	ADV	_	3 alters	advmod
5	through	through	ADP	_	6 punishment	case
6	punishment	punishment	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 alters	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	alter	present	Such conduct			punishment		solely property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 3

Such conduct is fixed and incapable of alteration

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 conduct	amod
2	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fixed	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 fixed	aux:pass
4	fixed	fix	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 incapable	cc
6	incapable	incapable	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fixed	conj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 alteration	case
8	alteration	alteration	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 incapable	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fix	present · passive		Such conduct					vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: subject=Patient

Option 4

Such conduct alters only upon departure from school

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 conduct	amod
2	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 alters	nsubj
3	alters	alter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	only	only	ADV	_	6 departure	advmod
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	6 departure	case
6	departure	departure	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 alters	obj
7	from	from	ADP	_	8 school	case
8	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 alters	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	alter	present	Such conduct	departure		school			vn turn-26.6.1 «NP V NP.patient PP.material PP.result»: agent=Agent departure=Patient from school=Initial_State

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