Exam question 3 · Funny pranks

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a false announcement that a test has been cancelled, not subsequently withdrawn?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: false announcement · What happens: follow, characteris, cancel, not withdraw · To what, where: false announcement, test

This is exam question 3 of lesson 438 «Funny pranks» 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 announcement	det
10	false	false	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 announcement	amod
11	announcement	announcement	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
12	that	that	SCONJ	_	17 cancelled	mark
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 test	det
14	test	test	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 cancelled	nsubj:pass
15	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 cancelled	aux
16	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	17 cancelled	aux:pass
17	cancelled	cancel	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 announcement	acl:relcl
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 withdrawn	punct
19	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	21 withdrawn	advmod
20	subsequently	subsequently	ADV	_	21 withdrawn	advmod
21	withdrawn	withdraw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	17 cancelled	conj
22	?	?	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		a false announcement	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	cancel	present · perfect · passive	a false announcement not said here	a test		tree rules
4	not withdraw	participle	a false announcement not said here		subsequently property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: 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

It assists the other pupil to rest

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 assists	nsubj
2	assists	assist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 pupil	det
4	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 pupil	amod
5	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 assists	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 rest	mark
7	rest	rest	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 assists	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	assist	present	It		the other pupil				vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pupil=Beneficiary
2	rest	to-infinitive							vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

It is harmless, being a mere jest

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 harmless	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 harmless	cop
3	harmless	harmless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 jest	punct
5	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 jest	cop
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 jest	det
7	mere	mere	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 jest	amod
8	jest	jest	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 harmless	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					harmless property	tree rules
2	is a	gerund		a mere jest					tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It may cause another pupil to forgo preparation and obtain a low mark

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 cause	nsubj
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 cause	aux
3	cause	cause	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	5 pupil	det
5	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cause	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 forgo	mark
7	forgo	forgo	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 pupil	acl
8	preparation	preparation	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 forgo	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 obtain	cc
10	obtain	obtain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 cause	conj
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 mark	det
12	low	low	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 mark	amod
13	mark	mark	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 obtain	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	cause	may	It	another pupil	vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition pupil=Patient
2	forgo	to-infinitive		preparation	vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent preparation=Location
3	obtain	present		a low mark	vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset mark=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

It obliges the teacher to cancel the test

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 obliges	nsubj
2	obliges	oblige	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 teacher	det
4	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 obliges	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 cancel	mark
6	cancel	cancel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 obliges	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 test	det
8	test	test	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cancel	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	oblige	present	It	the teacher					vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent teacher=Patient
2	cancel	to-infinitive		the test					tree rules

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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