Exam question 1 · The group chat that turns

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a «pile-on» in an online group?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: pile, online group

This is exam question 1 of lesson 479 «The group chat that turns» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 pile	det
10	«	«	PUNCT	_	11 pile	punct
11	pile	pile	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
12	-	-	PUNCT	_	13 on	punct
13	on	on	ADP	_	11 pile	compound:prt
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	11 pile	punct
15	in	in	ADP	_	18 group	case
16	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 group	det
17	online	online	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 group	amod
18	group	group	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obl
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		a pile		a online group		of the following statements; accurately 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

A means by which friendships are strengthened

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	by	by	ADP	_	4 which	case
4	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	5 friendships	det
5	friendships	friendship	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 strengthened	nsubj
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 strengthened	aux:pass
7	strengthened	strengthen	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 means	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	A						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	strengthen	present · passive		which friendships					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient

Option 2

A procedure for the fair election of a leader

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 procedure	det
2	procedure	procedure	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	6 election	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 election	det
5	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 election	amod
6	election	election	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 procedure	nmod
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 leader	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 leader	det
9	leader	leader	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 election	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	elect			a leader					nom election «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

A collective turning against one person which constitutes bullying

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 turning	det
2	collective	collective	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 turning	amod
3	turning	turning	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	against	against	ADP	_	6 person	case
5	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 person	nummod
6	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 turning	nmod
7	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 constitutes	nsubj
8	constitutes	constitute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 person	acl:relcl
9	bullying	bullying	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 constitutes	obj

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

Option 4

A harmless expression of collective opinion

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 expression	det
2	harmless	harmless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 expression	amod
3	expression	expression	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 opinion	case
5	collective	collective	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 opinion	amod
6	opinion	opinion	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 expression	nmod

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

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