Exam question 3 · Cruel pranks and where the line is

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the repeated concealment of one pupil's bag by others «as a joke»?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris, repeat, conceal · To what, where: repeated concealment, bag

This is exam question 3 of lesson 439 «Cruel pranks and where the line is» 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	1 Which	nmod
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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 concealment	det
10	repeated	repeat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 concealment	amod
11	concealment	concealment	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	16 bag	case
13	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	14 pupil	nummod
14	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 bag	nmod:poss
15	's	's	PART	_	14 pupil	case
16	bag	bag	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concealment	nmod
17	by	by	ADP	_	18 others	case
18	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
19	«	«	PUNCT	_	22 joke	punct
20	as	as	ADP	_	22 joke	case
21	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 joke	det
22	joke	joke	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	parataxis
23	»	»	PUNCT	_	22 joke	punct
24	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the repeated concealment of one pupil's bag	by others; accurately property	tree rules
3	repeat	participle			vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
4	conceal		one pupil's bag		nom concealment «state transitive»: of=patient

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 is a fair game in which all pupils participate equally

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	5 game	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 game	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 game	det
4	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 game	amod
5	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 which	case
7	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 participate	obl
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 pupils	det
9	pupils	pupil	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 participate	nsubj
10	participate	participate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 game	acl:relcl
11	equally	equally	ADV	_	10 participate	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a fair game					tree rules
2	participate	present	all pupils					in a fair game; equally property	vn cooperate-73.1-2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in which=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It constitutes picking on that pupil, notwithstanding that he laughs

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 picking	nsubj
2	constitutes	constitute	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 picking	aux
3	picking	pick	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 pupil	case
5	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	6 pupil	det
6	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 picking	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 notwithstanding	punct
8	notwithstanding	notwithstand	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 picking	conj
9	that	that	SCONJ	_	11 laughs	mark
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 laughs	nsubj
11	laughs	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 notwithstanding	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	pick	present	It	on that pupil	vn chew-39.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent on pupil=Patient
2	notwithstand	gerund			tree rules
3	laugh	present	pupil		vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

It is a matter of no concern to adults

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 matter	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 matter	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 matter	det
4	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 concern	case
6	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	7 concern	det
7	concern	concern	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 matter	nmod
8	to	to	ADP	_	9 adults	case
9	adults	adult	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 concern	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a matter				of no concern to adults	tree rules

Option 4

It is harmless, the pupil having laughed on each occasion

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 laughed	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 pupil	det
6	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 laughed	nsubj:pass
7	having	have	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 laughed	aux
8	laughed	laugh	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 harmless	parataxis
9	on	on	ADP	_	11 occasion	case
10	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	11 occasion	det
11	occasion	occasion	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 laughed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					harmless property	tree rules
2	laugh	gerund · perfect · passive		the pupil		each occasion			vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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