Exam question 3 · Disappointment, jealousy and embarrassment

Pursuant to an accident such as being sick or wetting oneself at school, select the response consistent with the established facts.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: be, wet, select, establish · To what, where: oneself, school, response

This is exam question 3 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	Pursuant	pursuant	ADV	_	15 select	advmod
2	to	to	ADP	_	4 accident	case
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 accident	det
4	accident	accident	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Pursuant	obl
5	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	8 sick	case
6	as	as	ADP	_	5 such	fixed
7	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 sick	cop
8	sick	sick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 accident	nmod
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 wetting	cc
10	wetting	wet	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 sick	conj
11	oneself	oneself	PRON	Case=Acc Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	10 wetting	obj
12	at	at	ADP	_	13 school	case
13	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 wetting	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Pursuant	punct
15	select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 response	det
17	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 select	obj
18	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 response	amod
19	with	with	ADP	_	22 facts	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 facts	det
21	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	22 facts	amod
22	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 consistent	obl
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	15 select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	gerund				sick property	tree rules
2	wet	gerund		oneself	school		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent oneself=Patient
3	select	imperative	you not said here	the response		pursuant property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=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

The pupil blames the classmate seated nearest to them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 pupil	det
2	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 blames	nsubj
3	blames	blame	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 classmate	det
5	classmate	classmate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 blames	obj
6	seated	seat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 classmate	acl
7	nearest	near	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 seated	parataxis
8	to	to	ADP	_	9 them	case
9	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 nearest	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	blame	present	the pupil	the classmate					vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent classmate=Theme
2	seat	participle		the classmate not said here					vn fit-54.3 «NP.location V NP»: agent=Location

Option 2

The pupil leaves the school grounds without telling anyone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 pupil	det
2	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 leaves	nsubj
3	leaves	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 grounds	det
5	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 grounds	compound
6	grounds	grounds	NOUN	Number=Ptan	3 leaves	obj
7	without	without	SCONJ	_	8 telling	mark
8	telling	tell	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 leaves	advcl
9	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	8 telling	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	present	the pupil	the school grounds					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grounds=Theme
2	tell speech: assert	gerund	the pupil not said here		anyone				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent anyone=Recipient

Option 3

The pupil hides in the toilets until the end of the school day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 pupil	det
2	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hides	nsubj
3	hides	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 toilets	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 toilets	det
6	toilets	toilet	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 hides	obl
7	until	until	ADP	_	9 end	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 end	det
9	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hides	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	13 day	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 day	det
12	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 day	compound
13	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 end	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	present	the pupil			the toilets	until the end of the school day		vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in toilet=Location

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The pupil informs a teacher quietly, who will assist

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 pupil	det
2	pupil	pupil	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	5 teacher	det
5	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 informs	obj
6	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	3 informs	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 assist	punct
8	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 assist	nsubj
9	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 assist	aux
10	assist	assist	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 informs	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	inform speech: other	present	the pupil		a teacher			quietly property	vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient
2	assist	future							vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

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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