Exam question 2 · «The dog ate it»: excuses for homework

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the attribution of missing homework to an unidentified thief.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, attribute · To what, where: response, attribution, missing homework

This is exam question 2 of lesson 426 ««The dog ate it»: excuses for homework» 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 attribution	det
11	attribution	attribution	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 homework	case
13	missing	missing	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 homework	amod
14	homework	homework	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 attribution	nmod
15	to	to	ADP	_	18 thief	case
16	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 thief	det
17	unidentified	unidentified	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 thief	amod
18	thief	thief	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the attribution of missing homework	to a unidentified thief	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus attribution=Experiencer
4	attribute			missing homework		nom attribution «cognition 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

It ensures that the work is excused

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	2 ensures	nsubj
2	ensures	ensure	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 excused	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 work	det
5	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 excused	nsubj:pass
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 excused	aux:pass
7	excused	excuse	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 ensures	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ensure	present	It						vn ensure-99 «NP V that S»: agent=Precondition
2	excuse	present · passive		the work					vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2

It places responsibility upon the teacher

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 responsibility	nsubj
2	places	place	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 responsibility	compound
3	responsibility	responsibility	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	upon	upon	ADP	_	6 teacher	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 teacher	det
6	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 responsibility	nmod

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

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It brings suspicion upon innocent pupils and is regarded as a serious lie

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	2 brings	nsubj
2	brings	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	suspicion	suspicion	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 brings	obj
4	upon	upon	ADP	_	6 pupils	case
5	innocent	innocent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 pupils	amod
6	pupils	pupil	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 brings	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 regarded	cc
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 regarded	aux:pass
9	regarded	regard	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 brings	conj
10	as	as	ADP	_	13 lie	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 lie	det
12	serious	serious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 lie	amod
13	lie	lie	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 regarded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring	present	It	suspicion				upon innocent pupils	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent suspicion=Theme
2	regard	present · passive						as a serious lie	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.value»: as lie=Value

Option 4

It is a permissible excuse where no thief is named and no pupil is accused

The tree, 15 words

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	5 excuse	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 excuse	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 excuse	det
4	permissible	permissible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 excuse	amod
5	excuse	excuse	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	10 named	advmod
7	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	8 thief	det
8	thief	thief	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 named	nsubj:pass
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 named	aux:pass
10	named	name	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 excuse	acl:relcl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 accused	cc
12	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	13 pupil	det
13	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 accused	nsubj:pass
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 accused	aux:pass
15	accused	accuse	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 named	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a permissible excuse	tree rules
2	name	present · passive		no thief	vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
3	accuse	present · passive		no pupil	vn suspect-81 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme

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