Exam question 1 · Big brothers

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises teasing which causes distress on a daily basis?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris, tease, cause · To what, where: distress, daily basis

This is exam question 1 of lesson 501 «Big brothers» 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	8 characterises	obl
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	teasing	tease	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 characterises	csubj
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 causes	nsubj
11	causes	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 teasing	acl:relcl
12	distress	distress	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 causes	obj
13	on	on	ADP	_	16 basis	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 basis	det
15	daily	daily	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 basis	amod
16	basis	basis	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 causes	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present			of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	tease	gerund				vn ferret-35.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	cause	present	distress	a daily basis		vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition distress=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

It is a form of affection which requires no attention whatsoever

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 form	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 form	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 form	det
4	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 affection	case
6	affection	affection	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 form	nmod
7	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 requires	nsubj
8	requires	require	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 form	acl:relcl
9	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	10 attention	det
10	attention	attention	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 requires	obj
11	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	8 requires	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a form				of affection	tree rules
2	require	present	a form	no attention				whatsoever property	vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme attention=Precondition

Option 2

It is harmless provided that the person teased laughs at the time

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 provided	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 provided	aux:pass
3	harmless	harmless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 provided	amod
4	provided	provide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 laughs	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 person	det
7	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 laughs	nsubj
8	teased	tease	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 person	acl
9	laughs	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 provided	advcl
10	at	at	ADP	_	12 time	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 time	det
12	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 laughs	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	provide	present · passive		It		vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	tease	participle		the person not said here		vn ferret-35.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	laugh	present	the person		time	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It may constitute bullying, of which parents ought to be informed

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 constitute	nsubj
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 constitute	aux
3	constitute	constitute	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	bullying	bullying	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 constitute	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 informed	punct
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 which	case
7	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 informed	obl
8	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 informed	nsubj:pass
9	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 informed	aux
10	to	to	PART	_	12 informed	mark
11	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	12 informed	aux:pass
12	informed	inform	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 constitute	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	constitute	may	It	bullying					vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme bullying=Pivot
2	inform speech: other	ought · passive		parents					vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient PP.topic»: subject=Recipient of which=Topic

Option 4

It is permitted without limit between brothers within the home

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 permitted	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 permitted	aux:pass
3	permitted	permit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	without	without	ADP	_	5 limit	case
5	limit	limit	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 permitted	obl
6	between	between	ADP	_	7 brothers	case
7	brothers	brother	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 permitted	obl
8	within	within	ADP	_	10 home	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 home	det
10	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 permitted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	permit	present · passive		It				without limit; between brothers; within the home	vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme between brother=Location

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