Exam question 3 · Mia gets the newest console

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the conduct appropriate subsequent to accidentally damaging the property of a friend?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris, damage · To what, where: conduct appropriate subsequent, property

This is exam question 3 of lesson 396 «Mia gets the newest console» 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	12 subsequent	det
10	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 subsequent	compound
11	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 subsequent	amod
12	subsequent	subsequent	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
13	to	to	PART	_	15 damaging	mark
14	accidentally	accidentally	ADV	_	15 damaging	advmod
15	damaging	damage	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 subsequent	acl
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 property	det
17	property	property	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 damaging	obj
18	of	of	ADP	_	20 friend	case
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 friend	det
20	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 property	nmod
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the conduct appropriate subsequent	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	damage	gerund	the property of a friend	accidentally property	vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent property=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

Denial that any damage has been occasioned

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Denial	denial	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 occasioned	obj
3	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	4 damage	det
4	damage	damage	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 occasioned	nsubj:pass
5	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 occasioned	aux
6	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	7 occasioned	aux:pass
7	occasioned	occasion	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Denial	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	occasion	present · perfect · passive		any damage					tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Prompt acknowledgement, apology and an offer to make amends

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Prompt	prompt	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 acknowledgement	amod
2	acknowledgement	acknowledgement	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 apology	punct
4	apology	apology	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 acknowledgement	conj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 offer	cc
6	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 offer	det
7	offer	offer	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 acknowledgement	conj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 make	mark
9	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 acknowledgement	acl
10	amends	amend	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 make	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	to-infinitive		amends					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset amend=Product

Option 3

Attribution of responsibility to a domestic animal present at the time

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Attribution	attribution	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	of	of	ADP	_	3 responsibility	case
3	responsibility	responsibility	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Attribution	nmod
4	to	to	ADP	_	8 present	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 present	det
6	domestic	domestic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 present	amod
7	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 present	compound
8	present	present	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Attribution	nmod
9	at	at	ADP	_	11 time	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 time	det
11	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 present	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	attribute			responsibility				to a domestic animal present at the time	nom attribution «cognition transitive»: of=patient to=obl

Option 4

Immediate departure from the premises

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Immediate	immediate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 departure	amod
2	departure	departure	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	5 premises	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 premises	det
5	premises	premise	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 departure	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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