Exam question 2 · Left out without a console

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a falsehood told in order to avoid exclusion from a group?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris, tell, avoid · To what, where: falsehood, order, exclusion, group · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 2 of lesson 399 «Left out without a 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	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 falsehood	det
10	falsehood	falsehood	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 falsehood	acl
12	in	in	ADP	_	13 order	case
13	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 told	obl
14	to	to	PART	_	15 avoid	mark
15	avoid	avoid	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 told	advcl
16	exclusion	exclusion	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 avoid	obj
17	from	from	ADP	_	19 group	case
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 group	det
19	group	group	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 avoid	obl
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	a falsehood		of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	tell speech: assert	participle	a falsehood not said here	order		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	avoid	to-infinitive	exclusion	a group		vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent exclusion=Location

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 reliably secures acceptance by the group

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 secures	nsubj
2	reliably	reliably	ADV	_	3 secures	advmod
3	secures	secure	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	acceptance	acceptance	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 secures	obj
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 group	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 group	det
7	group	group	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 secures	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	secure	present	It	acceptance				by the group; reliably property	vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition acceptance=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It is liable to increase the teller's sense of isolation

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 liable	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 liable	cop
3	liable	liable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 increase	mark
5	increase	increase	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 liable	xcomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 teller	det
7	teller	teller	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sense	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 teller	case
9	sense	sense	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 increase	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 isolation	case
11	isolation	isolation	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sense	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	It		liable property	tree rules
2	increase	to-infinitive		the teller's sense of isolation		vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Causer sense=Patient
3	sense		the teller	isolation		nom sense «cognition transitive»: poss=agent of=patient

Option 3

It is required of all new members of a group

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 required	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 required	aux:pass
3	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 members	case
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 members	det
6	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 members	amod
7	members	member	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 required	obl:agent
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 group	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 group	det
10	group	group	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 members	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present · passive	all new members of a group	It					vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme subject=Precondition

Option 4

It is harmless provided it is never discovered

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 provided	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 provided	aux:pass
3	harmless	harmless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 provided	amod
4	provided	provide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 discovered	nsubj:pass
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 discovered	aux:pass
7	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	8 discovered	advmod
8	discovered	discover	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 provided	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	provide	present · passive		It					tree rules
2	not discover	present · passive		it					vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic

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