Exam question 3 · Joining a game, and the shy kid

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the effect of remarking publicly upon a pupil's quietness?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: effect · What happens: follow, characteris, remark · To what, where: effect

This is exam question 3 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	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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 effect	det
10	effect	effect	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	SCONJ	_	12 remarking	mark
12	remarking	remark	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 effect	acl
13	publicly	publicly	ADV	_	12 remarking	advmod
14	upon	upon	ADP	_	18 quietness	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 pupil	det
16	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 quietness	nmod:poss
17	's	's	PART	_	16 pupil	case
18	quietness	quietness	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 remarking	obl
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the effect	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	remark speech: assert	gerund	the effect not said here		upon a pupil's quietness; publicly property	vn lecture-37.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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 has no effect whatsoever upon the pupil

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 has	nsubj
2	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 effect	det
4	effect	effect	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 has	obj
5	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	2 has	advmod
6	upon	upon	ADP	_	8 pupil	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 pupil	det
8	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 has	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	It	no effect				upon the pupil; whatsoever property	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent effect=Patient

Option 2

It is the recommended method of befriending a shy pupil

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 method	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 method	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 method	det
4	recommended	recommend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 method	amod
5	method	method	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	SCONJ	_	7 befriending	mark
7	befriending	befriend	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 method	acl
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 pupil	det
9	shy	shy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 pupil	amod
10	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 befriending	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	recommend	participle			vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	It	the recommended method	tree rules
3	befriend	gerund	the recommended method not said here	a shy pupil	tree rules

Option 3

It invariably encourages the pupil to speak

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 encourages	nsubj
2	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	3 encourages	advmod
3	encourages	encourage	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 pupil	det
5	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 encourages	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 speak	mark
7	speak	speak	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 encourages	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	encourage	present	It	the pupil				invariably property	vn advise-37.9 «NP V NP how S_INF»: agent=Agent pupil=Recipient clause=Topic
2	speak speech: other not said to happen	to-infinitive	the pupil not said here						vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It tends to embarrass the pupil and to increase his withdrawal

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 tends	nsubj
2	tends	tend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 embarrass	mark
4	embarrass	embarrass	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 tends	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 pupil	det
6	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 embarrass	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 increase	cc
8	to	to	PART	_	9 increase	mark
9	increase	increase	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 embarrass	conj
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 withdrawal	nmod:poss
11	withdrawal	withdrawal	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 increase	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	tend	present	It		tree rules
2	embarrass	to-infinitive		the pupil	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus pupil=Experiencer
3	increase	to-infinitive		pupil's withdrawal	vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Causer withdrawal=Patient
4	withdraw		pupil		nom withdrawal «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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