Exam question 3 · Saying sorry, and the sorry that is not accepted

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the effect of an apology upon a disciplinary sanction.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, effect · To what, where: response, effect, apology

This is exam question 3 of lesson 477 «Saying sorry, and the sorry that is not accepted» 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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 effect	det
11	effect	effect	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 apology	case
13	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 apology	det
14	apology	apology	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 effect	nmod
15	upon	upon	ADP	_	18 sanction	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 sanction	det
17	disciplinary	disciplinary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 sanction	amod
18	sanction	sanction	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 apology	nmod
19	.	.	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	the effect of a apology upon a disciplinary sanction		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus effect=Experiencer
4	effect			a apology upon a disciplinary sanction		nom effect «phenomenon 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

The sanction remains, though the apology may improve the regard in which the pupil is held

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 sanction	det
2	sanction	sanction	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 remains	nsubj
3	remains	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 improve	punct
5	though	though	SCONJ	_	9 improve	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 apology	det
7	apology	apology	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 improve	nsubj
8	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 improve	aux
9	improve	improve	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 remains	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 regard	det
11	regard	regard	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 improve	obj
12	in	in	ADP	_	13 which	case
13	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	17 held	obl
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 pupil	det
15	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 held	nsubj:pass
16	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 held	aux:pass
17	held	hold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 regard	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	remain	present	the sanction			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	improve	may	the apology	the regard		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent regard=Patient
3	hold	present · passive		the pupil	the regard	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in which=Location

Option 2

The sanction is automatically annulled

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 sanction	det
2	sanction	sanction	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 annulled	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 annulled	aux:pass
4	automatically	automatically	ADV	_	5 annulled	advmod
5	annulled	annul	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	annul	present · passive		the sanction				automatically property	vn void-106 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 3

The apology is disregarded entirely

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 apology	det
2	apology	apology	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 disregarded	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 disregarded	aux:pass
4	disregarded	disregard	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	4 disregarded	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	disregard	present · passive		the apology				entirely property	vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 4

The sanction is doubled in consequence

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 sanction	det
2	sanction	sanction	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 doubled	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 doubled	aux:pass
4	doubled	double	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 consequence	case
6	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 doubled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	double	present · passive		the sanction		consequence			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient

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