Exam question 3 · The row over a game

Ascertain the most effective means, as established in the lesson, of reconciliation following a quarrel in which one party has falsely claimed an accident.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: effective, reconciliation · What happens: ascertain, mean, establish, follow, claim · To what, where: lesson, quarrel, one party · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 3 of lesson 475 «The row over a game» 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	VerbForm=Inf	5 means	csubj
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 effective	det
3	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	4 effective	advmod
4	effective	effective	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 means	nsubj
5	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 established	punct
7	as	as	SCONJ	_	8 established	mark
8	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 means	ccomp
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 lesson	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 lesson	det
11	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 established	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 reconciliation	punct
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 reconciliation	case
14	reconciliation	reconciliation	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 established	obl
15	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	14 reconciliation	acl
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 quarrel	det
17	quarrel	quarrel	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 following	obj
18	in	in	ADP	_	19 which	case
19	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	24 claimed	obl
20	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 party	compound
21	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 claimed	nsubj:pass
22	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	24 claimed	aux
23	falsely	falsely	ADV	_	24 claimed	advmod
24	claimed	claim	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	17 quarrel	acl:relcl
25	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	26 accident	det
26	accident	accident	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 claimed	obj
27	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	ascertain	infinitive					vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
2	mean	present	the effective				vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	establish	participle			the lesson	of reconciliation	vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	follow	gerund	reconciliation not said here	a quarrel			vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent quarrel=Theme
5	claim speech: other	present · perfect · passive		one party	a quarrel	falsely 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

A candid acknowledgement of the true feeling, such as jealousy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 acknowledgement	det
2	candid	candid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 acknowledgement	amod
3	acknowledgement	acknowledgement	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 feeling	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 feeling	det
6	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 feeling	amod
7	feeling	feeling	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 acknowledgement	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 jealousy	punct
9	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	11 jealousy	case
10	as	as	ADP	_	9 such	fixed
11	jealousy	jealousy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 acknowledgement	conj

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2

The avoidance of the other party indefinitely

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 avoidance	det
2	avoidance	avoidance	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 party	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 party	det
5	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 party	amod
6	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 avoidance	nmod
7	indefinitely	indefinitely	ADV	_	2 avoidance	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	avoid			the other party					nom avoidance «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

Persistence in the account of an accident

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Persistence	persistence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	in	in	ADP	_	4 account	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 account	det
4	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Persistence	nmod
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 accident	case
6	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 accident	det
7	accident	accident	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 account	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	account			a accident					nom account «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

Retaliation in kind against the other party

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Retaliation	retaliation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	in	in	ADP	_	3 kind	case
3	kind	kind	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Retaliation	nmod
4	against	against	ADP	_	7 party	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 party	det
6	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 party	amod
7	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Retaliation	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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