Exam question 1 · Enemies who became friends, and ones who never did

Identify the principal means, as established in the lesson, by which two pupils of long-standing enmity became friends.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, principal, two pupils · What happens: identify, mean, establish, stand, become · To what, where: lesson, friends · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 1 of lesson 484 «Enemies who became friends, and ones who never did» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 principal	det
3	principal	principal	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 means	nsubj
4	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Identify	ccomp
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 established	punct
6	as	as	SCONJ	_	7 established	mark
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 means	ccomp
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 lesson	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 lesson	det
10	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 established	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 became	punct
12	by	by	ADP	_	13 which	case
13	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	21 became	obl
14	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	15 pupils	nummod
15	pupils	pupil	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 became	nsubj
16	of	of	ADP	_	20 enmity	case
17	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 enmity	amod
18	-	-	PUNCT	_	17 long	punct
19	standing	stand	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	20 enmity	amod
20	enmity	enmity	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 pupils	nmod
21	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 established	conj
22	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 became	xcomp
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	mean	present	the principal			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	establish	participle			the lesson	vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	stand	gerund				vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	become	past	two pupils of long standing enmity	friends		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

Compulsory reconciliation ordered by a teacher

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Compulsory	compulsory	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 reconciliation	amod
2	reconciliation	reconciliation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	ordered	order	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 reconciliation	acl
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 teacher	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 teacher	det
6	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ordered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	order	participle		Compulsory reconciliation not said here				by a teacher	vn order-58.3-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Collaboration upon a shared task

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Collaboration	collaboration	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	upon	upon	ADP	_	5 task	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 task	det
4	shared	share	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 task	amod
5	task	task	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Collaboration	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	share	participle							tree rules

Option 3

The intervention of their parents

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 intervention	det
2	intervention	intervention	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 parents	case
4	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 parents	nmod:poss
5	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 intervention	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	intervene		their parents						nom intervention «act intransitive»: of=agent

Option 4

A physical contest decided in favour of one

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 contest	det
2	physical	physical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 contest	amod
3	contest	contest	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	decided	decide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 contest	acl
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 favour	case
6	favour	favour	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 decided	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 one	case
8	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 favour	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	decide	participle		a physical contest not said here		favour of one			vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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