Exam question 2 · Forgiving
It is given that a borrower who falsely claimed repayment has apologised and been forgiven. Select the response consistent with the established facts.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: borrower, you · What happens: give, claim, apologise, forgive, select, establish · To what, where: It, repayment, borrower, response
This is exam question 2 of lesson 454 «Forgiving» 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
Sentence 1: It is given that a borrower who falsely claimed repayment has apologised and been forgiven.
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 given | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | aux:pass |
| 3 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 12 apologised | mark |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 borrower | det |
| 6 | borrower | borrower | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 apologised | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 claimed | nsubj |
| 8 | falsely | falsely | ADV | _ | 9 claimed | advmod |
| 9 | claimed | claim | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 borrower | acl:relcl |
| 10 | repayment | repayment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 claimed | obj |
| 11 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 apologised | aux |
| 12 | apologised | apologise | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 given | advcl |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 forgiven | cc |
| 14 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 15 forgiven | aux:pass |
| 15 | forgiven | forgive | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 12 apologised | conj |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 given | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present · passive | It | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | claim speech: other | past | a borrower | repayment | falsely property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent repayment=Topic | |||
| 3 | apologise speech: apologize | present · perfect · passive | a borrower | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | forgive | participle · passive | vn judgment-33.1-1 «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.
Sentence 2: Select the response consistent with the established facts.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Select | select | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 response | det |
| 3 | response | response | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Select | obj |
| 4 | consistent | consistent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 response | amod |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 facts | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 facts | det |
| 7 | established | establish | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 facts | amod |
| 8 | facts | fact | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 consistent | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Select | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | select | imperative | you not said here | the response | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme | ||||
| 2 | establish | participle | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
The debt is extinguished by the forgiveness
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 debt | det |
| 2 | debt | debt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 extinguished | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 extinguished | aux:pass |
| 4 | extinguished | extinguish | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 7 forgiveness | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 forgiveness | det |
| 7 | forgiveness | forgiveness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 extinguished | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | extinguish | present · passive | the forgiveness | the debt | vn remedy-45.7-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent subject=Patient |
Option 2
The lender must apologise in turn
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 lender | det |
| 2 | lender | lender | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 apologise | nsubj |
| 3 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 apologise | aux |
| 4 | apologise | apologise | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 turn | case |
| 6 | turn | turn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 apologise | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | apologise speech: apologize | must | the lender | turn | tree rules |
Option 3
The borrower is entitled to borrow further
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 borrower | det |
| 2 | borrower | borrower | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 entitled | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 entitled | aux:pass |
| 4 | entitled | entitle | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 borrow | mark |
| 6 | borrow | borrow | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 entitled | xcomp |
| 7 | further | far | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 6 borrow | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | entitle | present · passive | the borrower | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | borrow | to-infinitive | far property | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
The sum borrowed remains properly repayable
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 sum | det |
| 2 | sum | sum | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | borrowed | borrow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 remains | amod |
| 4 | remains | remains | NOUN | Number=Ptan | 2 sum | appos |
| 5 | properly | properly | ADV | _ | 6 repayable | advmod |
| 6 | repayable | repayable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 remains | amod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | borrow | participle | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
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