Exam question 3 · Rival teams and the older bully

Given that a pupil is compelled under threat to surrender money daily to an older pupil, select the response consistent with the established facts.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: give, compel, surrender, select, establish · To what, where: pupil, threat, money, older pupil, response

This is exam question 3 of lesson 472 «Rival teams and the older bully» 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	Given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 compelled	mark
2	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 compelled	mark
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 pupil	det
4	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 compelled	nsubj:pass
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 compelled	aux:pass
6	compelled	compel	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	under	under	ADP	_	8 threat	case
8	threat	threat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 compelled	obl
9	to	to	PART	_	10 surrender	mark
10	surrender	surrender	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 compelled	advcl
11	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 surrender	obj
12	daily	daily	ADV	_	10 surrender	advmod
13	to	to	ADP	_	16 pupil	case
14	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 pupil	det
15	older	old	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	16 pupil	amod
16	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 surrender	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 select	punct
18	select	select	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 surrender	conj
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 response	det
20	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 select	obj
21	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 response	amod
22	with	with	ADP	_	25 facts	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 facts	det
24	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	25 facts	amod
25	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 consistent	obl
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 compelled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	give	participle					vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	compel	present · passive	a pupil		threat		vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
3	surrender	to-infinitive	money	a older pupil		daily property	vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent money=Theme to pupil=Recipient
4	select	infinitive	the response				vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
5	establish	participle					vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot

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 matter is trivial owing to the small sums involved

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 trivial	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 trivial	cop
4	trivial	trivial	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	owing	owe	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 trivial	advcl
6	to	to	ADP	_	9 sums	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 sums	det
8	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 sums	amod
9	sums	sum	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 owing	obl
10	involved	involved	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 owing	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the matter					trivial property	tree rules
2	owe	gerund	the matter not said here					to the small sums goal; involved property	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to sum=Goal

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The matter is grave and must be reported to an adult forthwith

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 grave	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 grave	cop
4	grave	grave	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 reported	cc
6	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 reported	aux
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 reported	aux:pass
8	reported	report	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 grave	conj
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 adult	case
10	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 adult	det
11	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 reported	obl
12	forthwith	forthwith	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 adult	amod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the matter					grave property	tree rules
2	report	must · passive	the matter not said here					to a adult	vn subordinate-95.2.1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: to adult=Co-Agent

Option 3

The pupil should procure a larger pupil to retaliate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 pupil	det
2	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 procure	nsubj
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 procure	aux
4	procure	procure	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 pupil	det
6	larger	large	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 pupil	amod
7	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 procure	obj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 retaliate	mark
9	retaliate	retaliate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 procure	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	procure	should	the pupil	a larger pupil					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pupil=Theme
2	retaliate	to-infinitive	the pupil not said here						vn rebel-71.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

The payments ought to continue in order to avoid harm

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 payments	det
2	payments	payment	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 continue	nsubj
3	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 continue	aux
4	to	to	PART	_	5 continue	mark
5	continue	continue	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	in	in	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	9 avoid	mark
7	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 in	fixed
8	to	to	PART	_	9 avoid	mark
9	avoid	avoid	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 continue	advcl
10	harm	harm	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 avoid	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	continue	ought	the payments						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	avoid	to-infinitive	the payments not said here	harm					vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent harm=Location

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