Exam question 2 · When the story falls apart

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning a false report that a family pet has died.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts, family pet · What happens: select, establish, concern, die · To what, where: response, false report

This is exam question 2 of lesson 431 «When the story falls apart» 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	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 report	det
11	false	false	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 report	amod
12	report	report	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
13	that	that	SCONJ	_	18 died	mark
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 pet	det
15	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 pet	compound
16	pet	pet	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 died	nsubj
17	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 died	aux
18	died	die	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	12 report	acl
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	a false report		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus report=Experiencer
4	die	present · perfect	a family pet	a false report not said here		tree rules

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 right answer

It exploits the sympathy of those deceived and causes them hurt when discovered

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 exploits	nsubj
2	exploits	exploit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 sympathy	det
4	sympathy	sympathy	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 exploits	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 those	case
6	those	that	PRON	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	4 sympathy	nmod
7	deceived	deceive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 those	acl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 causes	cc
9	causes	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 exploits	conj
10	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 causes	obj
11	hurt	hurt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 causes	xcomp
12	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	13 discovered	advmod
13	discovered	discover	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 hurt	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	exploit	present	It	the sympathy of those	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sympathy=Theme
2	deceive	participle			vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	cause	present		them = they	tree rules
4	hurt	infinitive	them = they not said here		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
5	discover	participle	them = they not said here		vn discover-84-1 «NP V PP.topic S_ING»: agent=Agent

Option 2

It is permissible where no pet is owned

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 permissible	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 permissible	cop
3	permissible	permissible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	8 owned	advmod
5	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	6 pet	det
6	pet	pet	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 owned	nsubj:pass
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 owned	aux:pass
8	owned	own	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 permissible	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					permissible property	tree rules
2	own	present · passive		no pet					vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3

It causes no distress to 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	2 causes	nsubj
2	causes	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 distress	det
4	distress	distress	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 causes	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 teacher	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 teacher	det
7	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 causes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	present	It	no distress				to the teacher	vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition distress=Patient

Option 4

It is a harmless means of obtaining additional time for the completion of work

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 means	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 means	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 harmless	det
4	harmless	harmless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 means	nsubj
5	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	of	of	SCONJ	_	7 obtaining	mark
7	obtaining	obtain	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 means	advcl
8	additional	additional	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 time	amod
9	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 obtaining	obj
10	for	for	ADP	_	12 completion	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 completion	det
12	completion	completion	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 obtaining	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 work	case
14	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 completion	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It			mean property	tree rules
2	obtain	gerund			time	for the completion of work	vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent for completion=Asset
3	complete			work			nom completion «act transitive»: of=patient

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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