Exam question 1 · The kid who has it in for you

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the conduct of a pupil who reports to a teacher a threat of violence made against him?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: pupil · What happens: follow, characteris, report, make, conduct · To what, where: conduct, threat, teacher, violence, pupil

This is exam question 1 of lesson 471 «The kid who has it in for you» 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 conduct	det
10	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 pupil	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 pupil	det
13	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 conduct	nmod
14	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 reports	nsubj
15	reports	report	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 pupil	acl:relcl
16	to	to	ADP	_	18 teacher	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 teacher	det
18	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 reports	obl
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 threat	det
20	threat	threat	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 reports	obj
21	of	of	ADP	_	22 violence	case
22	violence	violence	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 threat	nmod
23	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	22 violence	acl
24	against	against	ADP	_	25 him	case
25	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 made	obl
26	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the conduct of a pupil		of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	report	present	a pupil	a threat of violence	a teacher		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent threat=Topic to teacher=Recipient
4	make	participle		violence not said here		against teacher	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
5	conduct			a pupil			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

He thereby renders the threat more likely to be executed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 renders	nsubj
2	thereby	thereby	ADV	_	3 renders	advmod
3	renders	render	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 threat	det
5	threat	threat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 renders	obj
6	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	7 likely	advmod
7	likely	likely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 renders	xcomp
8	to	to	PART	_	10 executed	mark
9	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 executed	aux:pass
10	executed	execute	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 likely	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	render	present	He	the threat				likely, thereby property	vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent threat=Theme
2	execute	to-infinitive · passive	He not said here						vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»

Option 2

He exaggerates a matter of no consequence

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 exaggerates	nsubj
2	exaggerates	exaggerate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 matter	det
4	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 exaggerates	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 consequence	case
6	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	7 consequence	det
7	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 matter	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	exaggerate	present	He	a matter of no consequence					tree rules
2	matter		no consequence						nom matter «cognition intransitive»: of=agent

Option 3

He commits an act of disloyalty deserving censure

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 commits	nsubj
2	commits	commit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 act	det
4	act	act	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 commits	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 disloyalty	case
6	disloyalty	disloyalty	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 act	nmod
7	deserving	deserve	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 act	acl
8	censure	censure	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 deserving	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	commit	present	He	a act of disloyalty	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent act=Theme
2	deserve	gerund	a act of disloyalty not said here	censure	tree rules
3	act		disloyalty		nom act «communication intransitive»: of=agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He acts prudently in the interest of his own safety

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 acts	nsubj
2	acts	act	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	prudently	prudently	ADV	_	2 acts	advmod
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 interest	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 interest	det
6	interest	interest	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 acts	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	10 safety	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 safety	nmod:poss
9	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 safety	amod
10	safety	safety	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 interest	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	act	present	He			the interest of his own safety		prudently property	vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	interest			his own safety					nom interest «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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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