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Exam question 4 · «It was HIM!»: siblings blaming each other

It is given that two siblings jointly responsible for breaking a vase each give a truthful account. Determine the outcome reported.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, outcome · What happens: give, break, determine, report · To what, where: It, vase, truthful account

This is exam question 4 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

Sentence 1: It is given that two siblings jointly responsible for breaking a vase each give a truthful account.

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 given	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 responsible	mark
5	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 siblings	nummod
6	siblings	sibling	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 responsible	nsubj
7	jointly	jointly	ADV	_	8 responsible	advmod
8	responsible	responsible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 given	advcl
9	for	for	SCONJ	_	10 breaking	mark
10	breaking	break	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 responsible	advcl
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 vase	det
12	vase	vase	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 breaking	obj
13	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	14 give	advmod
14	give	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 breaking	advcl
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 account	det
16	truthful	truthful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 account	amod
17	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 give	obj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present · passive		It					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	break	gerund		a vase					vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer vase=Patient
3	give	present		a truthful account					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent account=Theme

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.

Sentence 2: Determine the outcome reported.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Determine	determine	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 outcome	det
3	outcome	outcome	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 reported	nsubj
4	reported	report	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Determine	ccomp
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Determine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	determine	imperative	you not said here						vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	report	past	the outcome						vn characterize-29.2-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Neither was required to pay anything

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Neither	neither	DET	PronType=Neg	3 required	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 required	aux:pass
3	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 pay	mark
5	pay	pay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 required	xcomp
6	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 pay	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	past · passive		Neither					vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
2	pay	to-infinitive		anything					vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Asset

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Each was required to pay a reduced share

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	3 required	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 required	aux:pass
3	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 pay	mark
5	pay	pay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 required	xcomp
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 share	det
7	reduced	reduce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 share	amod
8	share	share	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pay	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	past · passive		Each					vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
2	pay	to-infinitive		a reduced share					vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent share=Asset
3	reduce	participle							vn limit-76 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer

Option 3

Each was required to pay the whole cost

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	3 required	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 required	aux:pass
3	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 pay	mark
5	pay	pay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 required	xcomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 cost	det
7	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 cost	amod
8	cost	cost	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pay	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	past · passive		Each					vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
2	pay	to-infinitive		the whole cost					vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cost=Asset

Option 4

Both were punished more severely for the delay

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	3 punished	nsubj:pass
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 punished	aux:pass
3	punished	punish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	5 severely	advmod
5	severely	severely	ADV	_	3 punished	advmod
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 delay	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 delay	det
8	delay	delay	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 punished	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	punish	past · passive		Both				for the delay; severely property	vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Patient for delay=Theme

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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