Exam question 2 · The kid who has it in for you

Identify the principal consequence, as established in the lesson, of retaliation by one pupil against another who has repeatedly tripped her.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, establish, trip · To what, where: principal consequence, lesson, pupil

This is exam question 2 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 consequence	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 consequence	amod
4	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 established	punct
6	as	as	SCONJ	_	7 established	mark
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Identify	parataxis
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 lesson	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 lesson	det
10	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 established	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 retaliation	punct
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 retaliation	case
13	retaliation	retaliation	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obl
14	by	by	ADP	_	16 pupil	case
15	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	16 pupil	nummod
16	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obl
17	against	against	ADP	_	18 another	case
18	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	16 pupil	nmod
19	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	22 tripped	nsubj:pass
20	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 tripped	aux
21	repeatedly	repeatedly	ADV	_	22 tripped	advmod
22	tripped	trip	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	18 another	acl
23	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 tripped	obj
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal consequence		of retaliation; by one pupil against another	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent consequence=Theme
2	establish	participle			the lesson		vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	trip	present · perfect · passive		pupil		repeatedly property	tree rules

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

Both pupils incur disciplinary consequences and injury may result

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	2 pupils	det
2	pupils	pupil	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 incur	nsubj
3	incur	incur	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	disciplinary	disciplinary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 consequences	amod
5	consequences	consequence	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 result	nsubj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 injury	cc
7	injury	injury	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 consequences	conj
8	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 result	aux
9	result	result	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 incur	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	incur	present	both pupils						tree rules
2	result	may	disciplinary consequences and injury						vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

The retaliating pupil receives commendation

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 pupil	det
2	retaliating	retaliate	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 pupil	amod
3	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 receives	nsubj
4	receives	receive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	commendation	commendation	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 receives	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	retaliate	gerund							vn rebel-71.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	receive	present	the retaliating pupil	commendation					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent commendation=Theme

Option 3

The original offender alone is punished

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 offender	det
2	original	original	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 offender	amod
3	offender	offender	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 punished	nsubj:pass
4	alone	alone	ADV	_	3 offender	advmod
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 punished	aux:pass
6	punished	punish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	punish	present · passive		the original offender					vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 4

The matter is concluded to universal satisfaction

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 matter	det
2	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 concluded	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 concluded	aux:pass
4	concluded	conclude	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 satisfaction	case
6	universal	universal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 satisfaction	amod
7	satisfaction	satisfaction	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 concluded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conclude	present · passive		the matter				to universal satisfaction	vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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