Exam question 3 · The kid who has it in for you

Ascertain the most appropriate conduct of a pupil upon observing that a peer who has persistently mistreated him has sustained an injury.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: ascertain, observe, mistreat, sustain, conduct · To what, where: appropriate conduct, peer, pupil

This is exam question 3 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 conduct	det
3	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	4 appropriate	advmod
4	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 conduct	amod
5	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 pupil	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 pupil	det
8	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 conduct	nmod
9	upon	upon	SCONJ	_	10 observing	mark
10	observing	observe	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Ascertain	advcl
11	that	that	SCONJ	_	20 sustained	mark
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 peer	det
13	peer	peer	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 sustained	nsubj:pass
14	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	17 mistreated	nsubj:pass
15	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 mistreated	aux
16	persistently	persistently	ADV	_	17 mistreated	advmod
17	mistreated	mistreat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 peer	acl:relcl
18	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 mistreated	obj
19	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 sustained	aux
20	sustained	sustain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 observing	advcl
21	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 injury	det
22	injury	injury	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 sustained	obj
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the appropriate conduct of a pupil		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conduct=Topic
2	observe	gerund	you not said here			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	mistreat	present · perfect · passive		a peer	persistently property	tree rules
4	sustain	present · perfect · passive		a peer		tree rules
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 · ✓ the right answer

To render assistance and convey him to an adult

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 render	mark
2	render	render	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	assistance	assistance	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 render	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 convey	cc
5	convey	convey	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 render	conj
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 convey	obj
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 adult	case
8	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 adult	det
9	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 convey	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	render	to-infinitive		assistance					vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent assistance=Theme
2	convey	infinitive		him = he	a adult				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Topic to adult=Recipient

Option 2

To record the incident for circulation among peers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 record	mark
2	record	record	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 incident	det
4	incident	incident	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 record	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 circulation	case
6	circulation	circulation	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 record	obl
7	among	among	ADP	_	8 peers	case
8	peers	peer	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 record	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	record	to-infinitive		the incident		peers		for circulation	vn transcribe-25.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent incident=Theme among peer=Destination

Option 3

To inform peers of his discomfiture

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 inform	mark
2	inform	inform	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	peers	peer	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 inform	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 discomfiture	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 discomfiture	nmod:poss
6	discomfiture	discomfiture	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 peers	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	inform speech: other	to-infinitive		peers of his discomfiture					vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent peer=Recipient
2	discomfit		his = he						nom discomfiture «feeling transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

To leave him unattended in consequence of his conduct

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 leave	mark
2	leave	leave	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 leave	obj
4	unattended	unattended	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 leave	xcomp
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 consequence	case
6	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 leave	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 conduct	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 conduct	nmod:poss
9	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 consequence	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	to-infinitive		him = he		consequence of his conduct		unattended property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Theme in consequence=Location
2	conduct		his = he						nom conduct «act transitive»: poss=agent

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