Exam question 4 · The broken window and other hidden accidents

Determine the conduct most likely to be treated leniently by a neighbour whose window has been broken by a ball.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, neighbour · What happens: determine, treat, break · To what, where: conduct, window

This is exam question 4 of lesson 428 «The broken window and other hidden accidents» 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	Determine	determine	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 conduct	det
3	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Determine	obj
4	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	5 likely	advmod
5	likely	likely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 conduct	amod
6	to	to	PART	_	8 treated	mark
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 treated	aux:pass
8	treated	treat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 likely	xcomp
9	leniently	leniently	ADV	_	8 treated	advmod
10	by	by	ADP	_	12 neighbour	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 neighbour	det
12	neighbour	neighbour	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 treated	obl
13	whose	whose	PRON	Poss=Yes PronType=Rel	14 window	nmod:poss
14	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 broken	nsubj:pass
15	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 broken	aux
16	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	17 broken	aux:pass
17	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 neighbour	acl:relcl
18	by	by	ADP	_	20 ball	case
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 ball	det
20	ball	ball	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 broken	obl
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Determine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	determine	imperative	you not said here	the conduct		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conduct=Topic
2	treat	to-infinitive · passive	a neighbour		leniently property	vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent
3	break	present · perfect · passive		window	by a ball	vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=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 attribution of the damage to another child

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 attribution	det
2	attribution	attribution	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 damage	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 damage	det
5	damage	damage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 attribution	nmod
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 child	case
7	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	8 child	det
8	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 damage	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	attribute			the damage to another child					nom attribution «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

The departure of all children concerned

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 departure	det
2	departure	departure	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 concerned	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 children	case
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 children	det
5	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 departure	nmod
6	concerned	concerned	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	depart		all children						nom departure «act intransitive»: of=agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The prompt return of the responsible child to admit the damage

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 return	det
2	prompt	prompt	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 return	amod
3	return	return	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 child	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 child	det
6	responsible	responsible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 child	amod
7	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 return	nmod
8	to	to	PART	_	9 admit	mark
9	admit	admit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 return	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 damage	det
11	damage	damage	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 admit	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	admit speech: other	to-infinitive		the damage					vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent damage=Theme
2	return		the responsible child						nom return «communication intransitive»: of=agent

Option 4

The leaving of an anonymous note

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 leaving	det
2	leaving	leave	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 note	case
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 note	det
5	anonymous	anonymous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 note	amod
6	note	note	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 leaving	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	gerund						of a anonymous note	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme of note=Initial_Location

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