Exam question 3 · Enemies who became friends, and ones who never did

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning an apology tendered many years after the offence.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts, response · What happens: select, establish, concern, tender · To what, where: apology

This is exam question 3 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 tendered	nsubj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	amod
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 apology	det
11	apology	apology	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	tendered	tender	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Select	parataxis
13	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 years	amod
14	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 tendered	obj
15	after	after	ADP	_	17 offence	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 offence	det
17	offence	offence	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 tendered	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here			vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	a apology		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus apology=Experiencer
4	tender	past	the response		after the offence; year	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 · ✓ the right answer

It retains its value and may be accepted

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 retains	nsubj
2	retains	retain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 value	nmod:poss
4	value	value	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 retains	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 accepted	cc
6	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 accepted	aux
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 accepted	aux:pass
8	accepted	accept	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 retains	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	retain	present	It	its value	tree rules
2	accept	may · passive			vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»
3	value		its = it		nom value «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

It is void by reason of the long delay

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	3 void	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 void	cop
3	void	void	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 reason	case
5	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 void	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 delay	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 delay	det
8	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 delay	amod
9	delay	delay	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 reason	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					by reason of the long delay; void property	tree rules

Option 3

It obliges the recipient to resume the dispute

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 resume	mark
6	resume	resume	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 obliges	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 dispute	det
8	dispute	dispute	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 resume	obj

#	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»: agent=Agent recipient=Patient
2	resume	to-infinitive		the dispute					vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dispute=Eventuality

Option 4

It is acceptable only if delivered in person

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	3 acceptable	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 acceptable	cop
3	acceptable	acceptable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	only	only	ADV	_	6 delivered	advmod
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 delivered	mark
6	delivered	deliver	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 acceptable	xcomp
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 person	case
8	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 delivered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					acceptable property	tree rules
2	deliver a condition, not said to happen	participle						in person	vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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