Exam question 4 · Growing apart

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the value of a friendship that has ended without quarrel.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, end, value · To what, where: response, value, friendship

This is exam question 4 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	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	1 Select	xcomp
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	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 value	det
11	value	value	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 friendship	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 friendship	det
14	friendship	friendship	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 value	nmod
15	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	17 ended	nsubj:pass
16	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 ended	aux
17	ended	end	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 friendship	acl:relcl
18	without	without	ADP	_	19 quarrel	case
19	quarrel	quarrel	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 ended	obl
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	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
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the value of a friendship		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus value=Experiencer
4	end	present · perfect · passive		a friendship	without quarrel	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: subject=Eventuality
5	value			a friendship		nom value «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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

It ought to be forgotten entirely

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	5 forgotten	nsubj:pass
2	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 forgotten	aux
3	to	to	PART	_	5 forgotten	mark
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 forgotten	aux:pass
5	forgotten	forget	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	5 forgotten	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forget	ought · passive		It				entirely property	tree rules

Option 2

It obliges both parties to resume it

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 obliges	nsubj
2	obliges	oblige	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	4 parties	det
4	parties	party	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 obliges	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 resume	mark
6	resume	resume	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 obliges	advcl
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 resume	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	oblige	present	It	both parties					vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent party=Patient
2	resume	to-infinitive		it					vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Its memories retain worth after its conclusion

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 memories	nmod:poss
2	memories	memory	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 retain	nsubj
3	retain	retain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	worth	worth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 retain	xcomp
5	after	after	ADP	_	7 conclusion	case
6	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 conclusion	nmod:poss
7	conclusion	conclusion	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 retain	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	retain	present	Its memories				after its conclusion	worth property	tree rules
2	conclude		its = it						nom conclusion «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

It is shown never to have been genuine

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 shown	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 shown	aux:pass
3	shown	show	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	8 genuine	advmod
5	to	to	PART	_	8 genuine	mark
6	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 genuine	aux
7	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	8 genuine	cop
8	genuine	genuine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 shown	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present · passive		It					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient
2	not is	to-infinitive · perfect						genuine property	tree rules

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