Exam question 1 · Friends who get it

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the conduct of a friend who «gets it», as described in the lesson?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: friend · What happens: follow, characteris, get, describe, conduct · To what, where: conduct, lesson, friend

This is exam question 1 of lesson 525 «Friends who get it» 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 conduct	det
10	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 friend	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 friend	det
13	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 conduct	nmod
14	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 gets	nsubj
15	«	«	PUNCT	_	16 gets	punct
16	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 friend	acl:relcl
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 gets	obj
18	»	»	PUNCT	_	10 conduct	punct
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 described	punct
20	as	as	SCONJ	_	21 described	mark
21	described	describe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 characterises	parataxis
22	in	in	ADP	_	24 lesson	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 lesson	det
24	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 described	obl
25	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the conduct of a friend		of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	get in a quote	present	a friend	conduct			vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus
4	describe	participle			the lesson		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
5	conduct			a friend			nom conduct «act transitive»: of=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

A lengthy address explaining how the friend ought to feel about the matter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 address	det
2	lengthy	lengthy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 address	amod
3	address	address	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	explaining	explain	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 address	acl
5	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	10 feel	advmod
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 friend	det
7	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 feel	nsubj
8	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 feel	aux
9	to	to	PART	_	10 feel	mark
10	feel	feel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 explaining	ccomp
11	about	about	ADP	_	13 matter	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 matter	det
13	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 feel	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	explain speech: assert	gerund	a lengthy address not said here						vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	feel	ought	the friend					about the matter	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent about matter=Location

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Presence and ordinary companionship, without any attempt to remedy matters

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Presence	presence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 companionship	cc
3	ordinary	ordinary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 companionship	amod
4	companionship	companionship	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Presence	conj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 attempt	punct
6	without	without	ADP	_	8 attempt	case
7	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	8 attempt	det
8	attempt	attempt	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Presence	appos
9	to	to	PART	_	10 remedy	mark
10	remedy	remedy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 attempt	acl
11	matters	matter	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 remedy	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remedy	to-infinitive		matters					vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent matter=Patient

Option 3

The avoidance of the friend until the difficulty has wholly resolved itself

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 avoidance	det
2	avoidance	avoidance	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 resolved	nsubj:pass
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 friend	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 friend	det
5	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 avoidance	nmod
6	until	until	ADP	_	8 difficulty	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 difficulty	det
8	difficulty	difficulty	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 avoidance	nmod
9	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 resolved	aux
10	wholly	wholly	ADV	_	11 resolved	advmod
11	resolved	resolve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
12	itself	itself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	11 resolved	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	resolve	present · perfect · passive		the avoidance of the friend until the difficulty				wholly property	tree rules
2	avoid			the friend			until the difficulty		nom avoidance «act transitive»: of=patient until=obl

Option 4

The public announcement of the friend's circumstances to the class

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 announcement	det
2	public	public	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 announcement	amod
3	announcement	announcement	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	8 circumstances	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 friend	det
6	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 circumstances	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 friend	case
8	circumstances	circumstance	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 announcement	nmod
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 class	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 class	det
11	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 circumstances	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	announce			the friend's circumstances to the class					nom announcement «communication transitive»: of=patient

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