Exam question 3 · Your body and how you look

Pursuant to repeated unkind remarks concerning a child's appearance, select the course of action consistent with the established facts.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: unkind remarks · What happens: repeat, concern, select, establish · To what, where: unkind remarks, appearance, course

This is exam question 3 of lesson 88 «Your body and how you look» 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	Pursuant	pursuant	ADV	_	3 repeated	advmod
2	to	to	PART	_	3 repeated	mark
3	repeated	repeat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	unkind	unkind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 remarks	amod
5	remarks	remark	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 repeated	obj
6	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 remarks	acl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 child	det
8	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 appearance	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 child	case
10	appearance	appearance	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 concerning	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 select	punct
12	select	select	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 repeated	conj
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 course	det
14	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 select	obj
15	of	of	ADP	_	16 action	case
16	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 course	nmod
17	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 select	advcl:relcl
18	with	with	ADP	_	21 facts	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 facts	det
20	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	21 facts	amod
21	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 consistent	obl
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 repeated	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	repeat	participle		unkind remarks	pursuant property	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent remark=Eventuality
2	concern	gerund	unkind remarks not said here	a child's appearance		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus appearance=Experiencer
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 child responds with unkind remarks of their own

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 child	det
2	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 responds	nsubj
3	responds	respond	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 remarks	case
5	unkind	unkind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 remarks	amod
6	remarks	remark	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 responds	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 own	case
8	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 own	nmod:poss
9	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 remarks	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	respond speech: other	present	the child					with unkind remarks of remarks's own	vn respond-113 «NP V PP.predicate»: agent=Agent with remark=Eventuality

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The child informs a trusted adult of the remarks

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 child	det
2	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 informs	nsubj
3	informs	inform	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 adult	det
5	trusted	trust	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 adult	amod
6	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 informs	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 remarks	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 remarks	det
9	remarks	remark	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 adult	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	inform speech: other	present	the child		a trusted adult of the remarks				vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient
2	trust	participle							vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 3

The child conceals the matter from all adults indefinitely

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 child	det
2	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 conceals	nsubj
3	conceals	conceal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 matter	det
5	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 conceals	obj
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 adults	case
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 adults	det
8	adults	adult	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 conceals	obl
9	indefinitely	indefinitely	ADV	_	3 conceals	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conceal	present	the child	the matter				from all adults; indefinitely property	vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent matter=Patient from adult=Beneficiary

Option 4

The child alters their appearance in order to stop them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 child	det
2	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 alters	nsubj
3	alters	alter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 appearance	nmod:poss
5	appearance	appearance	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 alters	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 order	case
7	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 alters	obl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 stop	mark
9	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 alters	advcl
10	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 stop	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	alter	present	the child	their appearance		order			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent appearance=Patient
2	stop	to-infinitive	the child not said here	them = they					vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality they=Eventuality

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