Exam question 1 · Disappointment, jealousy and embarrassment

Which of the following responses is appropriate upon the receipt of a present which one did not desire?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: one · What happens: follow, be, not desire, receipt · To what, where: present

This is exam question 1 of lesson 92 «Disappointment, jealousy and embarrassment» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 appropriate	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 responses	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 responses	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 responses	amod
5	responses	response	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 appropriate	obl
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 appropriate	cop
7	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	upon	upon	ADP	_	10 receipt	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 receipt	det
10	receipt	receipt	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 appropriate	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 present	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 present	det
13	present	present	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 receipt	nmod
14	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	15 one	det
15	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 desire	nsubj
16	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 desire	aux
17	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	18 desire	advmod
18	desire	desire	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 present	acl:relcl
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 appropriate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present			of the following responses; upon the receipt of a present; appropriate property	tree rules
3	not desire	past · do-support	which one			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot
4	receipt			a present		nom receipt «act 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

Returning the present to the giver without any explanation

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Returning	return	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 present	det
3	present	present	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Returning	obj
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 giver	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 giver	det
6	giver	giver	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Returning	obl
7	without	without	ADP	_	9 explanation	case
8	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	9 explanation	det
9	explanation	explanation	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Returning	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	return	gerund		the present		the giver		without any explanation	vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent present=Theme to giver=Destination

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Thanking the giver warmly, since the giver thought of one

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Thanking	thank	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 thought	csubj
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 giver	det
3	giver	giver	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Thanking	obj
4	warmly	warmly	ADV	_	1 Thanking	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 thought	punct
6	since	since	SCONJ	_	9 thought	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 giver	det
8	giver	giver	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 thought	nsubj
9	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 one	case
11	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 thought	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	thank speech: thank	gerund		the giver				warmly property	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent giver=Theme
2	think speech: other	past	the giver					of one	vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Giving the present away in the presence of the giver

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Giving	give	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 present	det
3	present	present	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Giving	obj
4	away	away	ADV	_	1 Giving	advmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 presence	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 presence	det
7	presence	presence	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Giving	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 giver	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 giver	det
10	giver	giver	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 presence	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give away	gerund		the present		the presence of the giver		away property	vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent present=Theme

Option 4

Informing the giver at once that the present is unwanted

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Informing	inform	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 unwanted	csubj
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 giver	det
3	giver	giver	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Informing	obj
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 once	case
5	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	1 Informing	obl
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 present	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 present	det
8	present	present	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Informing	ccomp
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 unwanted	cop
10	unwanted	unwanted	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	inform speech: other	gerund		the giver					vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent giver=Recipient
2	is	present	Informing					unwanted property	tree rules

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