Exam question 3 · «It was HIM!»: siblings blaming each other

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises an arrangement whereby one sibling assumes the blame in exchange for a promise subsequently broken?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: one sibling · What happens: follow, characteris, assume, break · To what, where: arrangement, blame, exchange, promise

This is exam question 3 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	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	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 arrangement	det
10	arrangement	arrangement	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	whereby	whereby	ADV	PronType=Int	14 assumes	advmod
12	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 sibling	nummod
13	sibling	sibling	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 assumes	nsubj
14	assumes	assume	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 characterises	advcl
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 blame	det
16	blame	blame	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 assumes	obj
17	in	in	ADP	_	18 exchange	case
18	exchange	exchange	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 assumes	obl
19	for	for	ADP	_	21 promise	case
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 promise	det
21	promise	promise	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 exchange	nmod
22	subsequently	subsequently	ADV	_	23 broken	advmod
23	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	21 promise	acl
24	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		a arrangement		of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	assume	present	one sibling	the blame	exchange for a promise	whereby property	vn adopt-93.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blame=Theme
4	break	participle		a promise not said here		subsequently property	vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=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

It is a fair and lawful bargain

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	7 bargain	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 bargain	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 bargain	det
4	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 bargain	amod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 lawful	cc
6	lawful	lawful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 fair	conj
7	bargain	bargain	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a fair bargain					tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It comprises both a cowardly evasion and a further falsehood

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 comprises	nsubj
2	comprises	comprise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	both	both	CCONJ	_	6 evasion	cc:preconj
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 evasion	det
5	cowardly	cowardly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 evasion	amod
6	evasion	evasion	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 comprises	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 falsehood	cc
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 falsehood	det
9	further	further	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 falsehood	amod
10	falsehood	falsehood	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 evasion	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	comprise	present	It	a cowardly evasion and a further falsehood					vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme evasion=Pivot

Option 3

It is honest, the elder sibling having consented

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 honest	expl
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 honest	cop
3	honest	honest	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 sibling	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sibling	det
6	elder	elder	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 sibling	amod
7	sibling	sibling	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 honest	conj
8	having	have	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 sibling	acl
9	consented	consent	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 having	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present		honest property	tree rules
2	have	gerund	the elder sibling not said here		tree rules
3	consent	participle	the elder sibling not said here		vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

It removes all responsibility from the guilty sibling in every respect

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 removes	nsubj
2	removes	remove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 responsibility	det
4	responsibility	responsibility	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 removes	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	8 sibling	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sibling	det
7	guilty	guilty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 sibling	amod
8	sibling	sibling	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 removes	obl
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 respect	case
10	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	11 respect	det
11	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sibling	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remove	present	It	all responsibility		the guilty sibling in every respect			vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent responsibility=Theme from sibling=Source

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