Exam question 3 · Covering for a friend

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises collective silence by a class concerning the author of misconduct?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: class · What happens: follow, characteris, concern · To what, where: collective silence, author

This is exam question 3 of lesson 436 «Covering for a friend» 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	collective	collective	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 silence	amod
10	silence	silence	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	by	by	ADP	_	13 class	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 class	det
13	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obl
14	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	13 class	acl
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 author	det
16	author	author	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 concerning	obj
17	of	of	ADP	_	18 misconduct	case
18	misconduct	misconduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 author	nmod
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		collective silence	of the following statements; by a class; accurately property	tree rules
3	concern	gerund	a class not said here	the author of misconduct		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus author=Experiencer

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 discloses the author immediately

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 discloses	nsubj
2	discloses	disclose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 author	det
4	author	author	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 discloses	obj
5	immediately	immediately	ADV	_	2 discloses	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	disclose	present	It	the author				immediately property	vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot author=Topic

Option 2

It ensures that no person is punished

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 ensures	nsubj
2	ensures	ensure	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 punished	mark
4	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 person	det
5	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 punished	nsubj:pass
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 punished	aux:pass
7	punished	punish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 ensures	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ensure	present	It						vn ensure-99 «NP V that S»: agent=Precondition
2	punish	present · passive		no person					vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It may result in the punishment of the entire class

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 result	nsubj
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 result	aux
3	result	result	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 punishment	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 punishment	det
6	punishment	punishment	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 result	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	10 class	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 class	det
9	entire	entire	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 class	amod
10	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 punishment	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	result	may	It			the punishment of the entire class			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in punishment=Location
2	punish			the entire class					nom punishment «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

It is the conduct preferred by teachers

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 conduct	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 conduct	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 conduct	det
4	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	preferred	prefer	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 conduct	acl
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 teachers	case
7	teachers	teacher	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 preferred	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	the conduct					tree rules
2	prefer	participle		the conduct not said here				by teachers	vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer

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