Exam question 3 · The friend with a PS6
Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a false excuse given to avoid a friend's celebration in favour of another?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: friend · What happens: follow, characteris, give, avoid, celebrate · To what, where: false excuse, celebration, favour
This is exam question 3 of lesson 434 «The friend with a PS6» 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 excuse | det |
| 10 | false | false | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 excuse | amod |
| 11 | excuse | excuse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 characterises | obj |
| 12 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 excuse | acl |
| 13 | to | to | PART | _ | 14 avoid | mark |
| 14 | avoid | avoid | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 given | advcl |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 friend | det |
| 16 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 celebration | nmod:poss |
| 17 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 16 friend | case |
| 18 | celebration | celebration | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 avoid | obj |
| 19 | in | in | ADP | _ | 20 favour | case |
| 20 | favour | favour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 avoid | obl |
| 21 | of | of | ADP | _ | 22 another | case |
| 22 | another | another | DET | PronType=Ind | 20 favour | nmod |
| 23 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 8 characterises | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | follow | gerund | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | characteris | present | a false excuse | of the following statements; accurately property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | give | participle | a false excuse not said here | vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 4 | avoid | to-infinitive | a friend's celebration | favour of another | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent celebration=Location | ||||
| 5 | celebrate | a friend | nom celebration «event transitive»: poss=agent |
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 preferable in every case to the truth
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 preferable | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 preferable | cop |
| 3 | preferable | preferable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 case | case |
| 5 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 case | det |
| 6 | case | case | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 preferable | obl |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 truth | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 truth | det |
| 9 | truth | truth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 case | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | It | every case to the truth | preferable property | tree rules |
Option 2
It is invariably undiscovered
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 | 4 undiscovered | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 undiscovered | cop |
| 3 | invariably | invariably | ADV | _ | 4 undiscovered | advmod |
| 4 | undiscovered | undiscovered | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | It | invariably, undiscovered property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
It occasions greater hurt upon discovery than a kind and honest explanation
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 | 4 hurt | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | occasions | occasion | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 hurt | aux:pass |
| 3 | greater | great | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 4 hurt | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | hurt | hurt | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 6 discovery | case |
| 6 | discovery | discovery | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 hurt | obl |
| 7 | than | than | ADP | _ | 9 kind | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 kind | det |
| 9 | kind | kind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 hurt | obl |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 explanation | cc |
| 11 | honest | honest | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 explanation | amod |
| 12 | explanation | explanation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 kind | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hurt | present · passive | It | upon discovery; than a kind and honest explanation | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
It occasions no hurt whatever, the friend being unaware of the other celebration
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 occasions | nsubj |
| 2 | occasions | occasion | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 4 hurt | det |
| 4 | hurt | hurt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 occasions | obj |
| 5 | whatever | whatever | PRON | PronType=Rel | 2 occasions | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 unaware | punct |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 friend | det |
| 8 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 unaware | nsubj |
| 9 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 10 unaware | cop |
| 10 | unaware | unaware | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 occasions | conj |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 celebration | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 celebration | det |
| 13 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 celebration | amod |
| 14 | celebration | celebration | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 unaware | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | occasion | present | It | no hurt | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | gerund | the friend | of the other celebration; unaware property | tree rules |
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