Exam question 2 · «It was HIM!»: siblings blaming each other

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning a child who complains falsely and repeatedly of being struck.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts, child · What happens: select, establish, concern, complain, strike · To what, where: response, child

This is exam question 2 of lesson 432 ««It was HIM!»: siblings blaming each other» 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	11 child	det
11	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 complains	nsubj
13	complains	complain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 child	acl:relcl
14	falsely	falsely	ADV	_	13 complains	advmod
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 struck	cc
16	repeatedly	repeatedly	ADV	_	19 struck	advmod
17	of	of	SCONJ	_	19 struck	mark
18	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	19 struck	aux:pass
19	struck	strike	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 complains	conj
20	.	.	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 child		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus child=Experiencer
4	complain speech: other	present	a child		falsely property	vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	strike	gerund · passive	a child not said here		repeatedly property	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»

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

Repeated complaints compel belief

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Repeated	repeat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 complaints	amod
2	complaints	complaint	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 compel	nsubj
3	compel	compel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	belief	belief	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 compel	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	repeat	participle							vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	compel	present	Repeated complaints	belief					vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent belief=Patient

Option 2

False complaints have no effect upon trust

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	False	false	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 complaints	amod
2	complaints	complaint	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 have	nsubj
3	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 effect	det
5	effect	effect	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 have	obj
6	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 trust	case
7	trust	trust	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 effect	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	False complaints	no effect				upon trust	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent effect=Patient

Option 3

Her complaints are believed with greater readiness

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 complaints	nmod:poss
2	complaints	complaint	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 believed	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 believed	aux:pass
4	believed	believe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 readiness	case
6	greater	great	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 readiness	amod
7	readiness	readiness	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 believed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	believe	present · passive		Her complaints				with greater readiness	vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus
2	complain		Her = she						nom complaint «state intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Her complaints cease to be believed, even when genuine

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 complaints	nmod:poss
2	complaints	complaint	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 cease	nsubj
3	cease	cease	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	6 believed	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 believed	aux:pass
6	believed	believe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 cease	advcl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 genuine	punct
8	even	even	ADV	_	10 genuine	advmod
9	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	10 genuine	advmod
10	genuine	genuine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 cease	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	cease	present	Her complaints	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	believe	to-infinitive · passive	Her complaints not said here	vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»
3	complain		Her = she	nom complaint «state intransitive»: poss=agent

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