Exam question 2 · The group chat that turns

Ascertain the most appropriate course of action for a pupil who becomes the subject of mockery in a class group chat.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, pupil · What happens: ascertain, become · To what, where: appropriate course, subject

This is exam question 2 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 course	det
3	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	4 appropriate	advmod
4	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 course	amod
5	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 action	case
7	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 course	nmod
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 pupil	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 pupil	det
10	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obl
11	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 becomes	nsubj
12	becomes	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 pupil	acl:relcl
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 subject	det
14	subject	subject	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 becomes	xcomp
15	of	of	ADP	_	16 mockery	case
16	mockery	mockery	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 subject	nmod
17	in	in	ADP	_	21 chat	case
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 chat	det
19	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 group	compound
20	group	group	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 chat	compound
21	chat	chat	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 mockery	nmod
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the appropriate course of action				for a pupil	vn ensure-99 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Precondition course=Theme for pupil=Beneficiary
2	become	present	a pupil	the subject of mockery in a group chat					vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=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

To remain in the chat and read every message until it ceases

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 remain	mark
2	remain	remain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 chat	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 chat	det
5	chat	chat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 remain	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 read	cc
7	read	read	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 remain	conj
8	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	9 message	det
9	message	message	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 read	obj
10	until	until	SCONJ	_	12 ceases	mark
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 ceases	nsubj
12	ceases	cease	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 read	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	remain	to-infinitive			the chat	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in chat=Location
2	read	infinitive		every message		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent message=Topic
3	cease	present	message			vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

To refrain from replying, preserve the evidence and inform an adult

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 refrain	mark
2	refrain	refrain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 preserve	advcl
3	from	from	SCONJ	_	4 replying	mark
4	replying	reply	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 refrain	advcl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 preserve	punct
6	preserve	preserve	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 evidence	det
8	evidence	evidence	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 preserve	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 inform	cc
10	inform	inform	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	6 preserve	conj
11	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 adult	det
12	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 inform	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	refrain	to-infinitive	you not said here			vn refrain-69 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	reply speech: assert	gerund	you not said here			vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	preserve	imperative	you not said here	the evidence		vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent evidence=Beneficiary
4	inform speech: other	infinitive	you not said here		a adult	vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient

Option 3

To circulate unflattering images of the participants in return

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 circulate	mark
2	circulate	circulate	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	unflattering	unflattering	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 images	amod
4	images	image	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 circulate	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 participants	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 participants	det
7	participants	participant	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 images	nmod
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 return	case
9	return	return	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 circulate	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	circulate	to-infinitive		unflattering images of the participants		return			vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location image=Theme
2	image			the participants					nom image «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

To reply in kind with greater severity

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 reply	mark
2	reply	reply	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 kind	case
4	kind	kind	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reply	obl
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 severity	case
6	greater	great	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 severity	amod
7	severity	severity	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reply	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reply speech: assert	to-infinitive				kind		with greater severity	vn respond-113 «NP V PP.predicate»: agent=Agent with severity=Eventuality

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