Exam question 1 · «Where's your dad?»: questions and cruel jokes

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises remarks made concerning the family of another pupil?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: remarks · What happens: follow, characteris, make, concern · To what, where: family

This is exam question 1 of lesson 524 ««Where's your dad?»: questions and cruel jokes» 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	remarks	remark	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 made	nsubj
10	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 characterises	ccomp
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 made	xcomp
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 family	det
13	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 pupil	case
15	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	16 pupil	det
16	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 family	nmod
17	?	?	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			of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	make	past	remarks			tree rules
4	concern	gerund	remarks not said here	the family of another pupil		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus family=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 · ← Mova's choice

They are permissible provided that others laugh

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 permissible	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 permissible	cop
3	permissible	permissible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	provided	provide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 permissible	acl
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 laugh	mark
6	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 laugh	nsubj
7	laugh	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 provided	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	They	permissible property	tree rules
2	provide	participle			vn ensure-99 «NP V that S»: agent=Precondition
3	laugh	present	others		vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Where intended to wound, they constitute bullying

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	2 intended	advmod
2	intended	intend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 constitute	advcl
3	to	to	PART	_	4 wound	mark
4	wound	wound	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 intended	xcomp
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 constitute	punct
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 constitute	nsubj
7	constitute	constitute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	bullying	bullying	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 constitute	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	intend	participle	they not said here		vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	wound not said to happen	to-infinitive	they not said here		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
3	constitute	present	they	bullying	vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme bullying=Pivot

Option 3

They constitute harmless entertainment in every case

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 constitute	nsubj
2	constitute	constitute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	harmless	harmless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 entertainment	amod
4	entertainment	entertainment	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 constitute	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 case	case
6	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	7 case	det
7	case	case	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 constitute	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	constitute	present	They	harmless entertainment		every case			vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme entertainment=Pivot

Option 4

They are the responsibility of the pupil concerned

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 responsibility	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 responsibility	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 responsibility	det
4	responsibility	responsibility	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 pupil	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 pupil	det
7	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 responsibility	nmod
8	concerned	concerned	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 pupil	amod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	They	the responsibility				of the pupil	tree rules

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