Exam question 3 · Bullying and how to stop it

It being given that the first adult informed of bullying renders no assistance, select the course of action consistent with established guidance.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: first adult · What happens: give, inform, select, establish · To what, where: It, course

This is exam question 3 of lesson 55 «Bullying and how to stop 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	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	_	8 informed	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 adult	det
6	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	7 adult	amod
7	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 informed	nsubj
8	informed	inform	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 given	advcl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 renders	case
10	bullying	bullying	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 renders	compound
11	renders	render	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 informed	obl
12	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	13 assistance	det
13	assistance	assistance	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 renders	nmod:unmarked
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 select	punct
15	select	select	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 given	conj
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 course	det
17	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 select	obj
18	of	of	ADP	_	19 action	case
19	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 course	nmod
20	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 action	amod
21	with	with	ADP	_	23 guidance	case
22	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	23 guidance	amod
23	guidance	guidance	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 consistent	obl
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	give	gerund · passive		It		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	inform speech: other	participle	the first adult		of bullying renders no assistance	vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient PP.topic»: agent=Agent of render=Topic
3	select	infinitive		the course of action		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent course=Theme
4	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot

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

To inform another adult

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 inform	mark
2	inform	inform	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	4 adult	det
4	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 inform	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	inform speech: other	to-infinitive			another adult				vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient

Option 2

To remain silent thereafter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 remain	mark
2	remain	remain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	silent	silent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 remain	xcomp
4	thereafter	thereafter	ADV	_	2 remain	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remain	to-infinitive						silent, thereafter property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

To deal with the bully by force

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 deal	mark
2	deal	deal	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	with	with	ADP	_	5 bully	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 bully	det
5	bully	bully	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 deal	obl
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 force	case
7	force	force	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 deal	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	deal	to-infinitive						with the bully; by force	vn cope-83 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with bully=Theme

Option 4

To change school at once

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 change	mark
2	change	change	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 change	obj
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 once	case
5	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	2 change	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	change	to-infinitive		school					vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent school=Patient

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