Exam question 3 · Growing apart

Given that two friends quarrel repeatedly over the choice of activities, ascertain the course most likely to preserve their friendship.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: that, Given two friends · What happens: give, friend, quarrel, ascertain, preserve · To what, where: course, friendship

This is exam question 3 of lesson 464 «Growing apart» 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	Given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 friends	amod
2	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 friends	nsubj
3	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 friends	nummod
4	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 quarrel	nsubj
5	quarrel	quarrel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	repeatedly	repeatedly	ADV	_	5 quarrel	advmod
7	over	over	ADP	_	9 choice	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 choice	det
9	choice	choice	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 quarrel	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 activities	case
11	activities	activity	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 choice	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 ascertain	punct
13	ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 quarrel	conj
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 course	det
15	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 ascertain	obj
16	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	17 likely	advmod
17	likely	likely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 ascertain	xcomp
18	to	to	PART	_	19 preserve	mark
19	preserve	preserve	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 likely	xcomp
20	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	21 friendship	nmod:poss
21	friendship	friendship	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 preserve	obj
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 quarrel	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	give	participle				vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	friend		that			tree rules
3	quarrel	present	Given two friends		over the choice of activities; repeatedly property	vn battle-36.4 «NP V PP.theme NP S_ING»: agent=Agent over choice=Theme
4	ascertain	present	Given two friends not said here	the course	likely property	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent course=Topic
5	preserve	to-infinitive	Given two friends not said here	friends's friendship		vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friendship=Beneficiary

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

A calm discussion and an agreement to alternate choices

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 discussion	det
2	calm	calm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 discussion	amod
3	discussion	discussion	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 agreement	cc
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 agreement	det
6	agreement	agreement	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 discussion	conj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 alternate	mark
8	alternate	alternate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 discussion	acl
9	choices	choice	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 alternate	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	alternate	to-infinitive		choices					vn amalgamate-22.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent choice=Patient

Option 2

The referral of every choice to a teacher

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 referral	det
2	referral	referral	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 choice	case
4	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	5 choice	det
5	choice	choice	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 referral	nmod
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 teacher	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 teacher	det
8	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 choice	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

The permanent surrender of choice by one party

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 surrender	det
2	permanent	permanent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 surrender	amod
3	surrender	surrender	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 choice	case
5	choice	choice	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 surrender	nmod
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 party	case
7	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 party	nummod
8	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 surrender	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	surrender		one party	choice					nom surrender «feeling transitive»: of=patient by=agent

Option 4

Continued silence on both sides until the matter resolves itself

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Continued	continue	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	silence	silence	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Continued	obj
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 sides	case
4	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	5 sides	det
5	sides	side	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Continued	obl
6	until	until	SCONJ	_	9 resolves	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 matter	det
8	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 resolves	nsubj
9	resolves	resolve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Continued	advcl
10	itself	itself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	9 resolves	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	continue	participle		silence		both sides			vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent silence=Theme
2	resolve	present	the matter	matter					tree rules

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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