Exam question 3 · Solving disagreements calmly

It being given that a disagreement cannot be resolved or a person is being hurt, select the appropriate course of action.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: give, not resolve, hurt, select · To what, where: It, disagreement, person, appropriate course

This is exam question 3 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	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 given	nsubj:pass
2	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 resolved	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 disagreement	det
6	disagreement	disagreement	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 resolved	nsubj:pass
7	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 resolved	aux
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 resolved	advmod
9	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 resolved	aux:pass
10	resolved	resolve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 given	advcl
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	16 hurt	cc
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 person	det
13	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 hurt	nsubj:pass
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 hurt	aux:pass
15	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	16 hurt	aux:pass
16	hurt	hurt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 resolved	conj
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 select	punct
18	select	select	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 given	conj
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 course	det
20	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 course	amod
21	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 select	obj
22	of	of	ADP	_	23 action	case
23	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 course	nmod
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	roles by
1	give	gerund · passive	It	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	not resolve	can · passive	a disagreement	tree rules
3	hurt	present · passive	a person	vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
4	select	infinitive	the appropriate course of action	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent course=Theme

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

To settle the matter by force

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 settle	mark
2	settle	settle	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 matter	det
4	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 settle	obj
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 force	case
6	force	force	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 settle	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	settle	to-infinitive		the matter				by force	vn odge-46-1 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme matter=Location

Option 2

To ignore the matter entirely

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 ignore	mark
2	ignore	ignore	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 matter	det
4	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ignore	obj
5	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	2 ignore	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ignore	to-infinitive		the matter				entirely property	vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent matter=Theme

Option 3

To post about the matter online

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 post	mark
2	post	post	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	about	about	ADP	_	5 matter	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 matter	det
5	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 post	obl
6	online	online	ADV	_	2 post	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	post	to-infinitive						about the matter; online property	vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

To request the assistance of an adult

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 request	mark
2	request	request	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 assistance	det
4	assistance	assistance	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 request	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 adult	case
6	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 adult	det
7	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 assistance	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	request	to-infinitive		the assistance of a adult					vn beg-58.2 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent assistance=Recipient
2	assist			a adult					nom assistance «act transitive»: of=patient

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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