Exam question 2 · Solving disagreements calmly

Identify the defining feature of an «I» sentence.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, feature · To what, where: defining feature, sentence

This is exam question 2 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 feature	det
3	defining	defining	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 feature	amod
4	feature	feature	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	10 sentence	case
6	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 sentence	det
7	«	«	PUNCT	_	8 I	punct
8	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	10 sentence	nsubj
9	»	»	PUNCT	_	8 I	punct
10	sentence	sentence	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 feature	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the defining feature of a sentence					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent feature=Theme
2	feature			a sentence					nom feature «cognition 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

It blames the other person for the problem

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 blames	nsubj
2	blames	blame	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 person	det
4	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 person	amod
5	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 blames	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 problem	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 problem	det
8	problem	problem	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 person	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	blame	present	It	the other person				for the problem	vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent person=Theme for problem=Attribute

Option 2

It begins and ends with an apology, whatever the matter in question

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 begins	nsubj
2	begins	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 ends	cc
4	ends	end	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 begins	conj
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 apology	case
6	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 apology	det
7	apology	apology	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ends	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 matter	punct
9	whatever	whatever	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 matter	nsubj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 matter	det
11	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 apology	appos
12	in	in	ADP	_	13 question	case
13	question	question	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 matter	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	begin	present	It			vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	end	present			with a apology	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality PP.subeventuality»: agent=Affector with apology=Subeventuality
3	matter		whatever	question		tree rules

Option 3

It is spoken only to an adult

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 spoken	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 spoken	aux:pass
3	spoken	speak	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	only	only	ADV	_	7 adult	advmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 adult	case
6	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 adult	det
7	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 spoken	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	present · passive		It				to a adult	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It expresses one's feelings without blaming the other person

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 expresses	nsubj
2	expresses	express	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	one	one	PRON	Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 feelings	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 one	case
5	feelings	feeling	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 expresses	obj
6	without	without	SCONJ	_	7 blaming	mark
7	blaming	blame	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 expresses	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 person	det
9	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 person	amod
10	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 blaming	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	express	present	It	one's feelings					vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme feeling=Reflexive
2	blame	gerund		the other person					vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent person=Theme

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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