Exam question 3 · Boredom, excitement and pride

In respect of pride in one's own effort, select the response consistent with the established facts.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: select, establish, respect · To what, where: response, respect, pride

This is exam question 3 of lesson 93 «Boredom, excitement and pride» 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	In	in	ADP	_	2 respect	case
2	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 select	obl
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 pride	case
4	pride	pride	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 respect	nmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	9 effort	case
6	one	one	PRON	Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 effort	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 one	case
8	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 effort	amod
9	effort	effort	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pride	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 respect	punct
11	select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 response	det
13	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 select	obj
14	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 response	amod
15	with	with	ADP	_	18 facts	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 facts	det
17	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	18 facts	amod
18	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 consistent	obl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	respect of pride in one's own effort	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
3	respect			pride in one's own effort		nom respect «cognition 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Pride in one's effort encourages continued improvement, whereas boasting pushes friends away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pride	pride	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 encourages	nsubj
2	in	in	ADP	_	5 effort	case
3	one	one	PRON	Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 effort	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 one	case
5	effort	effort	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Pride	nmod
6	encourages	encourage	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	continued	continue	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 improvement	amod
8	improvement	improvement	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 encourages	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 pushes	punct
10	whereas	whereas	SCONJ	_	12 pushes	mark
11	boasting	boast	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 pushes	nsubj
12	pushes	push	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 encourages	conj
13	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 pushes	obj
14	away	away	ADV	_	12 pushes	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	encourage	present	Pride in one's effort	continued improvement		vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent improvement=Theme
2	continue	participle				vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	boast speech: other	gerund				vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	push away	present		friends	away property	vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Theme

Option 2

Pride in one's effort is only permitted to those who have won a first prize in a contest

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pride	pride	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 permitted	nsubj:pass
2	in	in	ADP	_	5 effort	case
3	one	one	PRON	Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 effort	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 one	case
5	effort	effort	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Pride	nmod
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 permitted	aux:pass
7	only	only	ADV	_	8 permitted	advmod
8	permitted	permit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
9	to	to	ADP	_	10 those	case
10	those	that	PRON	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	8 permitted	obl
11	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 won	nsubj
12	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 won	aux
13	won	win	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	10 those	acl:relcl
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 prize	det
15	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	16 prize	amod
16	prize	prize	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 won	obj
17	in	in	ADP	_	19 contest	case
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 contest	det
19	contest	contest	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 permitted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	permit	present · passive		Pride in one's effort		a contest		to those	vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in contest=Location
2	win	present · perfect		a first prize					vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prize=Eventuality

Option 3

Pride in one's effort should always be concealed, since every expression of it amounts to boasting

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pride	pride	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concealed	nsubj:pass
2	in	in	ADP	_	5 effort	case
3	one	one	PRON	Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 effort	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 one	case
5	effort	effort	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Pride	nmod
6	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 concealed	aux
7	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	9 concealed	advmod
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 concealed	aux:pass
9	concealed	conceal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 amounts	punct
11	since	since	ADP	_	16 amounts	case
12	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	13 expression	det
13	expression	expression	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 amounts	compound
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 it	case
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 expression	nmod
16	amounts	amount	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 concealed	obl
17	to	to	ADP	_	18 boasting	case
18	boasting	boasting	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 amounts	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conceal	should · passive		Pride in one's effort			since expression amounts to boasting	always property	vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 4

Pride in one's effort is best expressed by stating that one is superior to all others

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pride	pride	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 expressed	nsubj:pass
2	in	in	ADP	_	5 effort	case
3	one	one	PRON	Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 effort	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 one	case
5	effort	effort	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Pride	nmod
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 expressed	aux:pass
7	best	well	ADV	Degree=Sup	8 expressed	advmod
8	expressed	express	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
9	by	by	SCONJ	_	10 stating	mark
10	stating	state	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	14 superior	advcl
11	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	12 one	det
12	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 stating	obj
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 superior	cop
14	superior	superior	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 expressed	parataxis
15	to	to	ADP	_	17 others	case
16	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	17 others	det
17	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 superior	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	express	present · passive	Pride in one's effort	well property	vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	state speech: other	gerund	that one		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent one=Topic
3	is	present		to all others; superior property	tree rules

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