Exam question 3 · Being lied to and how it feels

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the shame associated with having been deceived?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris, associate, deceive · To what, where: shame

This is exam question 3 of lesson 452 «Being lied to and how it feels» 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 shame	det
10	shame	shame	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	associated	associate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 shame	acl
12	with	with	SCONJ	_	15 deceived	mark
13	having	have	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	15 deceived	aux
14	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	15 deceived	aux:pass
15	deceived	deceive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 associated	advcl
16	?	?	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 shame	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	associate	participle	the shame not said here		vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient
4	deceive	gerund · perfect · passive			vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»

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 · ✓ the right answer

It belongs properly to the deceiver and not to the person deceived

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 belongs	nsubj
2	belongs	belong	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	properly	properly	ADV	_	2 belongs	advmod
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 deceiver	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 deceiver	det
6	deceiver	deceiver	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 belongs	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 person	cc
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 person	advmod
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 person	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 person	det
11	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 deceiver	conj
12	deceived	deceive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 deceiver	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	belong	present	It					to the deceiver and the person; properly property	vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme
2	deceive	past	the deceiver and the person not said here						vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

It is an indication of foolishness

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 indication	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 indication	cop
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 indication	det
4	indication	indication	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 foolishness	case
6	foolishness	foolishness	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 indication	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a indication				of foolishness	tree rules

Option 3

It belongs exclusively to the person deceived, who ought to have known better

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 belongs	nsubj
2	belongs	belong	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	2 belongs	advmod
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 person	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 person	det
6	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 belongs	obl
7	deceived	deceive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 person	acl:relcl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 known	punct
9	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 known	nsubj:pass
10	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 known	aux
11	to	to	PART	_	13 known	mark
12	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 known	aux
13	known	know	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 person	acl:relcl
14	better	well	ADV	Degree=Cmp	2 belongs	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	belong	present	It		to the person; exclusively, well property	vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme
2	deceive	past	the person not said here			vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	know	ought · perfect · passive		the person		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus

Option 4

It belongs equally to all persons present

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 belongs	nsubj
2	belongs	belong	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	equally	equally	ADV	_	2 belongs	advmod
4	to	to	SCONJ	_	7 present	mark
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 persons	det
6	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 present	nsubj
7	present	present	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 belongs	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	belong	present	It					equally property	vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme
2	present	present	all persons						vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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