Exam question 4 · The kid who has it in for you

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning derogatory remarks made by one pupil about another.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, make · To what, where: response, derogatory remarks

This is exam question 4 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	derogatory	derogatory	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 remarks	amod
11	remarks	remark	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 concerning	obj
12	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 remarks	acl
13	by	by	ADP	_	15 pupil	case
14	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	15 pupil	nummod
15	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 made	obl
16	about	about	ADP	_	17 another	case
17	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	15 pupil	nmod
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	derogatory remarks		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus remark=Experiencer
4	make	participle		derogatory remarks not said here	by one pupil about another	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset

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

Such remarks are invariably accurate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 remarks	amod
2	remarks	remark	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 accurate	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 accurate	cop
4	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	5 accurate	advmod
5	accurate	accurate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Such remarks					accurate, invariably property	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Such remarks are frequently untrue and intended to diminish the recipient

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 remarks	amod
2	remarks	remark	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 untrue	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 untrue	cop
4	frequently	frequently	ADV	_	5 untrue	advmod
5	untrue	untrue	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 intended	cc
7	intended	intend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 untrue	conj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 diminish	mark
9	diminish	diminish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 intended	xcomp
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 recipient	det
11	recipient	recipient	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 diminish	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	Such remarks		frequently, untrue property	tree rules
2	intend	participle	Such remarks not said here			vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	diminish not said to happen	to-infinitive	Such remarks not said here	the recipient		vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Causer recipient=Patient

Option 3

Such remarks ought to be accepted without inquiry

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 remarks	amod
2	remarks	remark	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 accepted	nsubj:pass
3	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 accepted	aux
4	to	to	PART	_	6 accepted	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 accepted	aux:pass
6	accepted	accept	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	without	without	ADP	_	8 inquiry	case
8	inquiry	inquiry	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 accepted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	accept	ought · passive		Such remarks				without inquiry	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 4

Such remarks constitute friendly counsel

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 remarks	amod
2	remarks	remark	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 constitute	nsubj
3	constitute	constitute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	friendly	friendly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 counsel	amod
5	counsel	counsel	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 constitute	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	constitute	present	Such remarks	friendly counsel					vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme counsel=Pivot

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