Exam question 2 · The forged signature and how it always ends

Identify the principal consequence of the discovery of a single forged notice in respect of a pupil who has submitted several.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, pupil · What happens: identify, forge, submit, discover, respect · To what, where: principal consequence, several, single forged notice, pupil

This is exam question 2 of lesson 429 «The forged signature and how it always ends» 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	4 consequence	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 consequence	amod
4	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 discovery	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 discovery	det
7	discovery	discovery	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 consequence	nmod
8	of	of	ADP	_	12 notice	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 notice	det
10	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 notice	amod
11	forged	forge	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 notice	amod
12	notice	notice	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 discovery	nmod
13	in	in	ADP	_	14 respect	case
14	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 notice	nmod
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 pupil	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 pupil	det
17	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 respect	nmod
18	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	20 submitted	nsubj
19	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 submitted	aux
20	submitted	submit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	17 pupil	acl:relcl
21	several	several	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 submitted	obj
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal consequence of the discovery of a single forged notice in respect of a pupil	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent consequence=Theme
2	forge	participle			vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	submit	present · perfect	a pupil	several	vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent several=Theme
4	discover			a single forged notice in respect of a pupil	nom discovery «act transitive»: of=patient
5	respect			a pupil	nom respect «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

The commendation of the pupil's handwriting

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 commendation	det
2	commendation	commendation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	7 handwriting	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 pupil	det
5	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 handwriting	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 pupil	case
7	handwriting	handwriting	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 commendation	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	commend			the pupil's handwriting					nom commendation «communication transitive»: of=patient
2	handwrite		the pupil						nom handwriting «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The examination of all such notices previously submitted

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 examination	det
2	examination	examination	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 notices	case
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 notices	det
5	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 notices	amod
6	notices	notice	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 examination	nmod
7	previously	previously	ADV	_	8 submitted	advmod
8	submitted	submit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 examination	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	submit	participle		the examination of all such notices not said here				previously property	vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	examine			all such notices					nom examination «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

The discontinuation of all notices to that household

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 discontinuation	det
2	discontinuation	discontinuation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 notices	case
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 notices	det
5	notices	notice	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 discontinuation	nmod
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 household	case
7	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	8 household	det
8	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 discontinuation	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	discontinue			all notices				to that household	nom discontinuation «act transitive»: of=patient to=obl

Option 4

The disregard of the remaining notices as of no importance

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 disregard	det
2	disregard	disregard	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 notices	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 notices	det
5	remaining	remaining	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 notices	amod
6	notices	notice	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 disregard	nmod
7	as	as	ADP	ExtPos=ADP	10 importance	case
8	of	of	ADP	_	7 as	fixed
9	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	10 importance	det
10	importance	importance	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 disregard	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	disregard			the remaining notices				as no importance	nom disregard «cognition transitive»: of=patient as=obl

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