Exam question 2 · Joining a game, and the shy kid

Given that a pupil speaks with a stammer, ascertain the most appropriate conduct of his classmates.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: pupil, you · What happens: give, speak, ascertain, conduct · To what, where: appropriate conduct, classmates · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 2 of lesson 466 «Joining a game, and the shy kid» 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	5 speaks	advcl
2	that	that	SCONJ	_	5 speaks	mark
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 pupil	det
4	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 speaks	nsubj
5	speaks	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 ascertain	advcl
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 stammer	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 stammer	det
8	stammer	stammer	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 speaks	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 ascertain	punct
10	ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 conduct	det
12	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	13 appropriate	advmod
13	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 conduct	amod
14	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 ascertain	obj
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 classmates	case
16	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 classmates	nmod:poss
17	classmates	classmate	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 conduct	nmod
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	give	participle	a pupil not said here			vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	speak speech: other	present	a pupil		with a stammer	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with stammer=Co-Agent
3	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the appropriate conduct of pupil's classmates		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conduct=Topic
4	conduct			pupil's classmates		nom conduct «act 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

Completing each of his words on his behalf

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Completing	complete	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	5 words	det
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 words	case
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 words	nmod:poss
5	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Completing	obj
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 behalf	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 behalf	nmod:poss
8	behalf	behalf	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 words	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	complete	gerund		his words		his behalf			vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Eventuality
2	word		his = he			his behalf			nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent on=place

Option 2

Addressing their remarks to other persons instead

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Addressing	address	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 remarks	nmod:poss
3	remarks	remark	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Addressing	obj
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 persons	case
5	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 persons	amod
6	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Addressing	obl
7	instead	instead	ADV	_	1 Addressing	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	address	gerund		their remarks				to other persons; instead property	vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent remark=Destination
2	remark		their = they						nom remark «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Waiting patiently for him to complete his own words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Waiting	wait	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	patiently	patiently	ADV	_	1 Waiting	advmod
3	for	for	ADP	_	4 him	case
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Waiting	obl
5	to	to	PART	_	6 complete	mark
6	complete	complete	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Waiting	advcl
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 words	nmod:poss
8	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 words	amod
9	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 complete	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	wait	gerund			for him = he; patiently property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	complete	to-infinitive		his own words		vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Eventuality
3	word		his = he			nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

Laughing in order to put him at ease

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Laughing	laugh	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	in	in	ADP	_	3 order	case
3	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Laughing	obl
4	to	to	PART	_	5 put	mark
5	put	put	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Laughing	advcl
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 put	obj
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 ease	case
8	ease	ease	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 put	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	laugh	gerund						in order	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in order=Theme
2	put	to-infinitive		him = he		ease			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme at ease=Destination

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