Exam question 3 · When the story falls apart

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a false accusation that another child has committed theft?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris, commit · To what, where: false accusation

This is exam question 3 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	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	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 accusation	det
10	false	false	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 accusation	amod
11	accusation	accusation	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
12	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 committed	nsubj:pass
13	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	14 child	det
14	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 committed	nsubj:pass
15	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 committed	aux
16	committed	commit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 accusation	acl:relcl
17	theft	theft	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 committed	obj
18	?	?	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	a false accusation	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	commit	present · perfect · passive	a false accusation		vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V NP PP.goal»: subject=Asset theft=Goal

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 improves the safety of the school

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 improves	nsubj
2	improves	improve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 safety	det
4	safety	safety	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 improves	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 school	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 school	det
7	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 safety	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	improve	present	It	the safety of the school					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent safety=Patient

Option 2

It is harmless where no child is named

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

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					harmless property	tree rules
2	name	present · passive		no child					vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3

It is an acceptable explanation for money lost in the course of the school day

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 explanation	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 explanation	cop
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 explanation	det
4	acceptable	acceptable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 explanation	amod
5	explanation	explanation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 money	case
7	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 explanation	nmod
8	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 money	acl
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 course	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 course	det
11	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 lost	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	15 day	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 day	det
14	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 day	compound
15	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 course	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a acceptable explanation				for money	tree rules
2	lose	participle		money not said here		the course of the school day			vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V PP.eventuality S_ING»: agent=Agent in course=Eventuality

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It alarms the parents and may bring an innocent child into trouble

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 alarms	nsubj
2	alarms	alarm	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 parents	det
4	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 alarms	nmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 bring	cc
6	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 bring	aux
7	bring	bring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 alarms	conj
8	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 child	det
9	innocent	innocent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 child	amod
10	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 bring	obj
11	into	into	ADP	_	12 trouble	case
12	trouble	trouble	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 bring	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring	may		a innocent child		trouble			vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent child=Theme into trouble=Destination

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