Exam question 1 · Solving disagreements calmly

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a compromise?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: compromise

This is exam question 1 of lesson 54 «Solving disagreements calmly» 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	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 compromise	det
10	compromise	compromise	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		a compromise				of the following statements; accurately property	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

An arrangement whereby each party concedes a little so that both are fairly satisfied

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 arrangement	det
2	arrangement	arrangement	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 concedes	nsubj
3	whereby	whereby	ADV	PronType=Int	6 concedes	advmod
4	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	5 party	det
5	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 concedes	nsubj
6	concedes	concede	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 little	det
8	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 concedes	obj
9	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	14 satisfied	mark
10	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 so	fixed
11	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	14 satisfied	nsubj
12	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 satisfied	cop
13	fairly	fairly	ADV	_	14 satisfied	advmod
14	satisfied	satisfied	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 concedes	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	concede	present	a arrangement	a little				whereby property	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent little=Theme
2	is	present	both					fairly, satisfied property	tree rules

Option 2

A refusal by both parties to continue

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 refusal	det
2	refusal	refusal	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	by	by	ADP	_	5 parties	case
4	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	5 parties	det
5	parties	party	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 refusal	nmod
6	to	to	PART	_	7 continue	mark
7	continue	continue	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 refusal	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	continue	to-infinitive							vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	refuse		both parties						nom refusal «communication transitive»: by=agent

Option 3

A decision made by drawing straws

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 decision	det
2	decision	decision	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 decision	acl
4	by	by	SCONJ	_	5 drawing	mark
5	drawing	draw	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 made	advcl
6	straws	straw	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 drawing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	participle		a decision not said here					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
2	draw	gerund		straws					vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent straw=Theme

Option 4

An arrangement whereby one party obtains everything and the other party obtains nothing at all

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 arrangement	det
2	arrangement	arrangement	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 obtains	nsubj
3	whereby	whereby	ADV	PronType=Int	6 obtains	advmod
4	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 party	nummod
5	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 obtains	nsubj
6	obtains	obtain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 arrangement	acl:relcl
7	everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	6 obtains	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 party	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 party	det
10	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 party	amod
11	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 everything	conj
12	obtains	obtain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	12 obtains	obj
14	at	at	ADP	_	15 all	case
15	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	13 nothing	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	obtain	present	one party	everything				whereby property	vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset everything=Theme
2	obtain	present	a arrangement	nothing		all			vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset nothing=Theme

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