Exam question 3 · Handling anger

Pursuant to the breakage of an object in a moment of anger, select the response consistent with the established facts.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: select, establish · To what, where: response

This is exam question 3 of lesson 89 «Handling anger» 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	_	14 select	advmod
2	to	to	ADP	_	4 breakage	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 breakage	det
4	breakage	breakage	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Pursuant	obl
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 object	case
6	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 object	det
7	object	object	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 breakage	nmod
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 moment	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 moment	det
10	moment	moment	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 object	nmod
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 anger	case
12	anger	anger	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 moment	nmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Pursuant	punct
14	select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 response	det
16	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 select	obj
17	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 response	amod
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	_	14 select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response				pursuant property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	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 person conceals the broken object and denies all knowledge

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 person	det
2	person	person	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	6 object	det
5	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 object	amod
6	object	object	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 conceals	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 denies	cc
8	denies	deny	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 conceals	conj
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	10 knowledge	det
10	knowledge	knowledge	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 denies	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	conceal	present	the person	the broken object	vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent object=Patient
2	break	participle			vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
3	deny	present	the person not said here	all knowledge	vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent knowledge=Eventuality

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The person informs an adult and considers how to make amends

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 person	det
2	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 informs	nsubj
3	informs	inform	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 adult	det
5	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 informs	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 considers	cc
7	considers	consider	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 informs	conj
8	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	10 make	advmod
9	to	to	PART	_	10 make	mark
10	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 considers	xcomp
11	amends	amend	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 make	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	inform speech: other	present	the person		a adult	vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient
2	consider	present	the person not said here			vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	make	to-infinitive	the person not said here	amends		vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset amend=Product

Option 3

The person attributes the breakage to a sibling or a classmate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 person	det
2	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 attributes	nsubj
3	attributes	attribute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 breakage	det
5	breakage	breakage	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 attributes	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 sibling	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 sibling	det
8	sibling	sibling	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 attributes	obl
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 classmate	cc
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 classmate	det
11	classmate	classmate	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sibling	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	attribute	present	the person	the breakage				to a sibling or a classmate	tree rules

Option 4

The person breaks a further object so that the first is not noticed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 person	det
2	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 breaks	nsubj
3	breaks	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 object	det
5	further	further	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 object	amod
6	object	object	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 breaks	obj
7	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	13 noticed	mark
8	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 so	fixed
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 first	det
10	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	13 noticed	nsubj:pass
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 noticed	aux:pass
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 noticed	advmod
13	noticed	notice	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 breaks	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break	present	the person	a further object					vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer object=Patient
2	not notice	present · passive		the first					vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Stimulus

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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