Exam question 3 · April Fools' Day

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the feigning of an injury by way of an April Fools' jest?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: April Fools · What happens: follow, characteris, feign, jest · To what, where: feigning, injury

This is exam question 3 of lesson 440 «April Fools' Day» 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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 feigning	det
10	feigning	feigning	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 injury	case
12	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 injury	det
13	injury	injury	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 feigning	nmod
14	by	by	ADP	_	15 way	case
15	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obl
16	of	of	ADP	_	21 jest	case
17	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 jest	det
18	April	April	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 Fools	compound
19	Fools	Fool	PROPN	Number=Plur	21 jest	nmod:poss
20	'	's	PART	_	19 Fools	case
21	jest	jest	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 way	nmod
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		the feigning of a injury	of the following statements; by way of April Fools's jest; accurately property	tree rules
3	feign			a injury		nom feigning «communication transitive»: of=patient
4	jest		April Fools			nom jest «communication intransitive»: 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 harmless if subsequently disclosed

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	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 disclosed	mark
5	subsequently	subsequently	ADV	_	6 disclosed	advmod
6	disclosed	disclose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 harmless	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					harmless property	tree rules
2	disclose a condition, not said to happen	participle						subsequently property	vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot

Option 2

It is permissible prior to midday, in accordance with tradition

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	6 midday	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 midday	cop
3	permissible	permissible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 midday	amod
4	prior	prior	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	6 midday	case
5	to	to	ADP	_	4 prior	fixed
6	midday	midday	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 accordance	punct
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 accordance	case
9	accordance	accordance	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 midday	appos
10	with	with	ADP	_	11 tradition	case
11	tradition	tradition	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 accordance	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					prior permissible midday	tree rules

Option 3

It is the most suitable form of 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	6 form	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 form	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 form	det
4	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	5 suitable	advmod
5	suitable	suitable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 form	amod
6	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 jest	case
8	jest	jest	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 form	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	the suitable form				of jest	tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It is unsuitable, occasioning fear in those who care for the child

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 unsuitable	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 unsuitable	cop
3	unsuitable	unsuitable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 occasioning	punct
5	occasioning	occasion	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 unsuitable	advcl
6	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 occasioning	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 those	case
8	those	that	PRON	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	5 occasioning	obl
9	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 care	nsubj
10	care	care	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 those	acl:relcl
11	for	for	ADP	_	13 child	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 child	det
13	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 care	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	present	It			unsuitable property	tree rules
2	occasion	gerund		fear	those		tree rules
3	care	present				for the child	vn caring-75.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent for child=Theme

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