Exam question 2 · Blocking, muting and walking away

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the message «leave and you're next, or else»?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: follow, characteris, leave, be · To what, where: message · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 2 of lesson 481 «Blocking, muting and walking away» 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	1 Which	nmod
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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 message	det
10	message	message	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	«	«	PUNCT	_	12 leave	punct
12	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 message	parataxis
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 next	cc
14	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	16 next	nsubj
15	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 next	cop
16	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 characterises	conj
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 else	punct
18	or	or	CCONJ	_	19 else	cc
19	else	else	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
20	»	»	PUNCT	_	19 else	punct
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the message	accurately, else property	tree rules
3	leave in a quote	infinitive				vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	is in a quote	present	you		next 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

It constitutes a friendly reminder

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 constitutes	nsubj
2	constitutes	constitute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 reminder	det
4	friendly	friendly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 reminder	amod
5	reminder	reminder	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 constitutes	obj

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

Option 2

It is a jest of no consequence whatsoever to the recipient

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 jest	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 jest	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 jest	det
4	jest	jest	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 consequence	case
6	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	7 consequence	det
7	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 jest	nmod
8	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	11 recipient	advmod
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 recipient	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 recipient	det
11	recipient	recipient	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 consequence	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a jest				of no consequence to the recipient	tree rules

Option 3

It obliges the recipient to remain in the chat indefinitely thereafter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 obliges	nsubj
2	obliges	oblige	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 recipient	det
4	recipient	recipient	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 obliges	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 remain	mark
6	remain	remain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 obliges	ccomp
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 chat	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 chat	det
9	chat	chat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 remain	obl
10	indefinitely	indefinitely	ADV	_	11 thereafter	advmod
11	thereafter	thereafter	ADV	_	6 remain	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	oblige	present	It	the recipient					vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent recipient=Patient clause=Result
2	remain	to-infinitive				the chat		thereafter property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in chat=Location

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It constitutes a threat which ought to be preserved and reported to an adult

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 constitutes	nsubj
2	constitutes	constitute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 threat	det
4	threat	threat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 constitutes	obj
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 preserved	nsubj:pass
6	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 preserved	aux
7	to	to	PART	_	9 preserved	mark
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 preserved	aux:pass
9	preserved	preserve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 threat	parataxis
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 reported	cc
11	reported	report	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 preserved	conj
12	to	to	ADP	_	14 adult	case
13	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 adult	det
14	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 reported	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	constitute	present	It	a threat		vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme threat=Pivot
2	preserve	ought · passive		a threat		vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary
3	report	participle			to a adult	vn subordinate-95.2.1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to adult=Co-Agent

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