Exam question 4 · Covering for a friend
Determine which of the following does NOT constitute covering for a friend.
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: determine, follow, not constitute, cover
This is exam question 4 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 | Determine | determine | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 constitute | nsubj |
| 3 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 8 constitute | mark |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 constitute | det |
| 5 | following | follow | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 8 constitute | nsubj |
| 6 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 constitute | aux |
| 7 | NOT | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 constitute | advmod |
| 8 | constitute | constitute | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Determine | ccomp |
| 9 | covering | cover | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 8 constitute | xcomp |
| 10 | for | for | ADP | _ | 12 friend | case |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 friend | det |
| 12 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 covering | obl |
| 13 | . | . | 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 discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | follow | gerund | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 3 | not constitute | present · do-support | tree rules | ||||||
| 4 | cover | gerund | for a friend | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=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.
The options
Option 1
The denial of misconduct which the pupil has himself witnessed
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 denial | det |
| 2 | denial | denial | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 witnessed | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 misconduct | case |
| 4 | misconduct | misconduct | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 denial | nmod |
| 5 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 has | obj |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 pupil | det |
| 7 | pupil | pupil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 has | nsubj |
| 8 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 witnessed | aux |
| 9 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 8 has | obj |
| 10 | witnessed | witness | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | witness | present · perfect · passive | the denial of misconduct | vn captain-29.8-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary | |||||
| 2 | deny | misconduct | nom denial «communication transitive»: of=patient |
Option 2
The provision of a false account of a friend's whereabouts
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 provision | det |
| 2 | provision | provision | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 account | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 account | det |
| 5 | false | false | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 account | amod |
| 6 | account | account | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 provision | nmod |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 whereabouts | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 friend | det |
| 9 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 whereabouts | nmod:poss |
| 10 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 9 friend | case |
| 11 | whereabouts | whereabouts | NOUN | Number=Ptan | 6 account | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | provide | a false account of a friend's whereabouts | nom provision «communication intransitive»: of=agent | ||||||
| 2 | account | a friend's whereabouts | nom account «communication transitive»: of=patient |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The lending of one's own equipment at one's own cost
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 lending | det |
| 2 | lending | lending | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 equipment | case |
| 4 | one | one | PRON | Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 equipment | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 one | case |
| 6 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 equipment | amod |
| 7 | equipment | equipment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 lending | nmod |
| 8 | at | at | ADP | _ | 12 cost | case |
| 9 | one | one | PRON | Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 cost | nmod:poss |
| 10 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 9 one | case |
| 11 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 cost | amod |
| 12 | cost | cost | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 lending | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cost | one | nom cost «possession transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 4
The assertion that a friend's copied work was done jointly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 assertion | det |
| 2 | assertion | assertion | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 10 done | mark |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 friend | det |
| 5 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 work | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 friend | case |
| 7 | copied | copy | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 work | amod |
| 8 | work | work | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 done | nsubj:pass |
| 9 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 done | aux:pass |
| 10 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 assertion | acl:relcl |
| 11 | jointly | jointly | ADV | _ | 10 done | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | copy | participle | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | do | past · passive | the assertion not said here | a friend's copied work | jointly property | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | |||
| 3 | work | a friend | nom work «act intransitive»: poss=agent |
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