Exam question 1 · Toxic players, swearing and «fishcakes»

Identify the course of action most consistent with established guidance where a pupil is subjected to repeated verbal abuse by an unknown participant in an online game.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, unknown participant · What happens: identify, establish, subject, repeat · To what, where: course, pupil

This is exam question 1 of lesson 406 «Toxic players, swearing and «fishcakes»» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 course	det
3	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 action	case
5	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 course	nmod
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 consistent	advmod
7	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 action	amod
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 guidance	case
9	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 guidance	amod
10	guidance	guidance	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 consistent	obl
11	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	15 subjected	advmod
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 pupil	det
13	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 subjected	nsubj:pass
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 subjected	aux:pass
15	subjected	subject	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 guidance	acl:relcl
16	to	to	ADP	_	19 abuse	case
17	repeated	repeat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	19 abuse	amod
18	verbal	verbal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 abuse	amod
19	abuse	abuse	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 subjected	obl
20	by	by	ADP	_	23 participant	case
21	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	23 participant	det
22	unknown	unknown	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 participant	amod
23	participant	participant	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 subjected	obl
24	in	in	ADP	_	27 game	case
25	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	27 game	det
26	online	online	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 game	amod
27	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 participant	nmod
28	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the course of action		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent course=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	subject	present · passive	a unknown participant in a online game	a pupil	to repeated verbal abuse	tree rules
4	repeat	participle				vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

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 pupil ought to continue listening so as not to appear afraid of the participant

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 pupil	det
2	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 continue	nsubj
3	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 continue	aux
4	to	to	PART	_	5 continue	mark
5	continue	continue	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	listening	listen	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 continue	xcomp
7	so	so	ADV	_	11 appear	advmod
8	as	as	SCONJ	_	11 appear	mark
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 appear	advmod
10	to	to	PART	_	11 appear	mark
11	appear	appear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 continue	xcomp
12	afraid	afraid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 appear	xcomp
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 participant	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 participant	det
15	participant	participant	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 afraid	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	continue	ought	the pupil		vn continue-55.3 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	listen	gerund	the pupil not said here		vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
3	not appear	to-infinitive	the pupil not said here	afraid property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The participant ought to be muted, blocked and reported, and an adult informed

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 participant	det
2	participant	participant	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 muted	nsubj:pass
3	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 muted	aux
4	to	to	PART	_	6 muted	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 muted	aux:pass
6	muted	mute	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 blocked	punct
8	blocked	block	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 muted	conj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 reported	cc
10	reported	report	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 blocked	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 informed	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 informed	cc
13	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 adult	det
14	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 informed	nsubj
15	informed	inform	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 muted	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	mute	ought · passive		the participant	vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient
2	block	participle			vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Causer
3	report	participle			vn characterize-29.2-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	inform speech: other	participle	a adult		vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent

Option 3

The pupil ought to reply in terms of equal or greater severity

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 pupil	det
2	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 reply	nsubj
3	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 reply	aux
4	to	to	PART	_	5 reply	mark
5	reply	reply	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 terms	case
7	terms	term	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 reply	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	12 severity	case
9	equal	equal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 severity	amod
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 greater	cc
11	greater	great	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	9 equal	conj
12	severity	severity	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 terms	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reply speech: assert	ought	the pupil			terms of equal severity			vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	term			equal severity					nom term «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

The pupil ought to disclose his identity so that the matter may be settled

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 pupil	det
2	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 disclose	nsubj
3	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 disclose	aux
4	to	to	PART	_	5 disclose	mark
5	disclose	disclose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 identity	nmod:poss
7	identity	identity	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 disclose	obj
8	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	14 settled	mark
9	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 so	fixed
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 matter	det
11	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 settled	nsubj:pass
12	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 settled	aux
13	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	14 settled	aux:pass
14	settled	settle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 disclose	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	disclose	ought	the pupil	pupil's identity					vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot identity=Topic
2	settle	may · passive		the matter					vn odge-46-1 «NP V ADV»: subject=Location

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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