Exam question 3 · Blocking, muting and walking away

Ascertain the most appropriate response of a child who observes, in an online game, a hateful remark concerning another player's skin colour.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, child, hateful remark · What happens: ascertain, observe, concern · To what, where: appropriate response, skin colour

This is exam question 3 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 response	det
3	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	4 appropriate	advmod
4	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 response	amod
5	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 child	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 child	det
8	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 response	nmod
9	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 observes	nsubj
10	observes	observe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 child	acl:relcl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 game	punct
12	in	in	ADP	_	15 game	case
13	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 game	det
14	online	online	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 game	amod
15	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 observes	ccomp
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 remark	punct
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 remark	det
18	hateful	hateful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 remark	amod
19	remark	remark	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 game	appos
20	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	19 remark	acl
21	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	22 player	det
22	player	player	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 colour	nmod:poss
23	's	's	PART	_	22 player	case
24	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 colour	compound
25	colour	colour	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 concerning	obj
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the appropriate response of a child	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Topic
2	observe	present	a child		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	concern	gerund	a hateful remark not said here	another player's skin colour	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus colour=Experiencer

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

To repeat the remark to other players

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 repeat	mark
2	repeat	repeat	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 remark	det
4	remark	remark	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 repeat	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 players	case
6	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 players	amod
7	players	player	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 repeat	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	repeat	to-infinitive		the remark	other players				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent remark=Topic to player=Recipient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

To report the remark by means of the report facility

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 report	mark
2	report	report	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 means	csubj
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 remark	det
4	remark	remark	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 report	obj
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 means	case
6	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	10 facility	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 facility	det
9	report	report	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 facility	compound
10	facility	facility	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 means	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	report	to-infinitive		the remark					vn prosecute-33.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent remark=Patient
2	mean	present						of the report facility	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent

Option 3

To retaliate with a similar remark concerning the author

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 retaliate	mark
2	retaliate	retaliate	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	with	with	ADP	_	6 remark	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 remark	det
5	similar	similar	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 remark	amod
6	remark	remark	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 retaliate	obl
7	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 remark	acl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 author	det
9	author	author	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 concerning	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	retaliate	to-infinitive						with a similar remark	vn respond-113 «NP V PP.predicate»: agent=Agent with remark=Eventuality
2	concern	gerund	a similar remark not said here	the author					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus author=Experiencer

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

To disregard it in common with all the other players

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 disregard	mark
2	disregard	disregard	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 disregard	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 common	case
5	common	common	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 disregard	obl
6	with	with	ADP	_	10 players	case
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	10 players	det:predet
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 players	det
9	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 players	amod
10	players	player	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 disregard	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	disregard	to-infinitive		it		common		with all other players	vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

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