Exam question 1 · Manners and kindness

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the effect of saying «please»?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: effect · What happens: follow, characteris, say · To what, where: effect · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 1 of lesson 51 «Manners and kindness» 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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 effect	det
10	effect	effect	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	SCONJ	_	12 saying	mark
12	saying	say	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 effect	acl
13	«	«	PUNCT	_	14 please	punct
14	please	please	INTJ	_	12 saying	discourse
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	14 please	punct
16	?	?	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 effect	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	say speech: assert	gerund	the effect not said here			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

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 converts an order into a polite request

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 converts	nsubj
2	converts	convert	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 order	det
4	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 converts	obj
5	into	into	ADP	_	8 request	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 request	det
7	polite	polite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 request	amod
8	request	request	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 converts	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	convert	present	It	a order				into a polite request result	vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: agent=Agent order=Patient into request=Result

Option 2

It obliges the listener to comply at once

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 listener	det
4	listener	listener	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 obliges	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 comply	mark
6	comply	comply	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 obliges	advcl
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 once	case
8	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	6 comply	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	oblige	present	It	the listener					vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent listener=Patient
2	comply	to-infinitive							tree rules

Option 3

It signifies that the speaker is angry

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 signifies	nsubj
2	signifies	signify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 angry	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 speaker	det
5	speaker	speaker	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 angry	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 angry	cop
7	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 signifies	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	signify	present	It						vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot
2	is	present	the speaker					angry property	tree rules

Option 4

It has no effect upon the meaning

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 has	nsubj
2	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 effect	det
4	effect	effect	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 has	obj
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 meaning	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 meaning	det
7	meaning	meaning	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 effect	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	It	no effect				upon the meaning	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent effect=Patient

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