Exam question 2 · Toxic players, swearing and «fishcakes»

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the conduct of a pupil who, having been insulted, subsequently insults a younger participant?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris, insult, conduct · To what, where: conduct, pupil, younger participant

This is exam question 2 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	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 conduct	det
10	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 pupil	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 pupil	det
13	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 conduct	nmod
14	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	18 insulted	nsubj:pass
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 insulted	punct
16	having	have	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	18 insulted	aux
17	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	18 insulted	aux:pass
18	insulted	insult	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 pupil	acl:relcl
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 insults	punct
20	subsequently	subsequently	ADV	_	21 insults	advmod
21	insults	insult	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 characterises	conj
22	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	24 participant	det
23	younger	young	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	24 participant	amod
24	participant	participant	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 insults	obj
25	?	?	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 of a pupil	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	insult	gerund · perfect · passive	a pupil		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer
4	insult	present	a younger participant	subsequently property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus participant=Experiencer
5	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 said conduct discharges the hostility entirely and harms nobody

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 conduct	det
2	said	say	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 conduct	amod
3	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 discharges	nsubj
4	discharges	discharge	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 hostility	det
6	hostility	hostility	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 discharges	obj
7	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	4 discharges	advmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 harms	cc
9	harms	harm	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 discharges	conj
10	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	9 harms	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	participle				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	discharge	present	the said conduct	the hostility	entirely property	vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hostility=Theme
3	harm	present	the said conduct not said here	nobody		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus nobody=Experiencer

Option 2

The said conduct is without effect upon the younger participant

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 conduct	det
2	said	say	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 conduct	amod
3	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 effect	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 effect	cop
5	without	without	ADP	_	6 effect	case
6	effect	effect	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	upon	upon	ADP	_	10 participant	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 participant	det
9	younger	young	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	10 participant	amod
10	participant	participant	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 effect	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	participle							vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	the said conduct					without effect; upon the younger participant	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The said conduct transmits the hostility to a further person

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 conduct	det
2	said	say	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 conduct	amod
3	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 transmits	nsubj
4	transmits	transmit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 hostility	det
6	hostility	hostility	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 transmits	obj
7	to	to	ADP	_	10 person	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 person	det
9	further	further	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 person	amod
10	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 transmits	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	participle							vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	transmit	present	the said conduct	the hostility	a further person				vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent hostility=Theme to person=Destination

Option 4

The said conduct is justified where the first insult was severe

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 conduct	det
2	said	say	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 conduct	amod
3	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 justified	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 justified	cop
5	justified	justified	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	11 severe	advmod
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 insult	det
8	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	9 insult	amod
9	insult	insult	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 severe	nsubj
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 severe	cop
11	severe	severe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 justified	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	participle			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	the said conduct	justified property	tree rules
3	is	past	the first insult	severe property	tree rules

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