Exam question 3 · Forgiving

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises conditions imposed following a falsehood, such as a requirement to report one's whereabouts?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris, impose, report · To what, where: conditions, one

This is exam question 3 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

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	conditions	condition	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obj
10	imposed	impose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 conditions	acl
11	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 falsehood	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 falsehood	det
13	falsehood	falsehood	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 imposed	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 requirement	punct
15	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	18 requirement	case
16	as	as	ADP	_	15 such	fixed
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 requirement	det
18	requirement	requirement	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 falsehood	appos
19	to	to	PART	_	20 report	mark
20	report	report	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 requirement	acl
21	one	one	PRON	Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 report	obj
22	's	's	PART	_	21 one	case
23	whereabouts	whereabouts	NOUN	Number=Ptan	20 report	obj
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	conditions	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	impose	participle	conditions not said here	follow a falsehood	vn enforce-63 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
4	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	report	to-infinitive	one		tree rules

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

They serve exclusively as revenge for the falsehood told

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 serve	nsubj
2	serve	serve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	2 serve	advmod
4	as	as	ADP	_	5 revenge	case
5	revenge	revenge	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 serve	obl
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 falsehood	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 falsehood	det
8	falsehood	falsehood	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 serve	obl
9	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 falsehood	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	serve	present	They					as revenge; for the falsehood; exclusively property	vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as revenge=Attribute
2	tell speech: assert	participle		the falsehood not said here					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

They indicate that forgiveness was refused

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 indicate	nsubj
2	indicate	indicate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 refused	mark
4	forgiveness	forgiveness	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 refused	nsubj:pass
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 refused	aux:pass
6	refused	refuse	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 indicate	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	indicate	present	They						vn indicate-78-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot clause=Topic
2	refuse	past · passive		forgiveness					vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3

They are imposed permanently upon the offender

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 imposed	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 imposed	aux:pass
3	imposed	impose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	permanently	permanently	ADV	_	3 imposed	advmod
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 offender	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 offender	det
7	offender	offender	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 imposed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	impose	present · passive		They				upon the offender; permanently property	vn enforce-63 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

They serve to rebuild trust rather than to exact revenge

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 serve	nsubj
2	serve	serve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 rebuild	mark
4	rebuild	rebuild	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 serve	xcomp
5	trust	trust	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 rebuild	obj
6	rather	rather	ADV	ExtPos=CCONJ	4 rebuild	advmod
7	than	than	ADP	_	6 rather	fixed
8	to	to	PART	_	9 exact	mark
9	exact	exact	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 revenge	amod
10	revenge	revenge	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 rebuild	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	serve	present	They						tree rules
2	rebuild	to-infinitive	They not said here	trust				exact revenge obl	vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trust=Result

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