Exam question 1 · Frustration, loneliness, guilt and living with siblings

Which of the following measures is recommended when a pupil becomes stuck upon a task?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: pupil · What happens: follow, recommend, become

This is exam question 1 of lesson 94 «Frustration, loneliness, guilt and living with siblings» 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 recommended	obj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 measures	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 measures	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 measures	amod
5	measures	measure	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 recommended	obl
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 recommended	aux:pass
7	recommended	recommend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	when	when	SCONJ	_	11 becomes	mark
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 pupil	det
10	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 becomes	nsubj
11	becomes	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 recommended	advcl
12	stuck	stuck	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 becomes	xcomp
13	upon	upon	ADP	_	15 task	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 task	det
15	task	task	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 stuck	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 recommended	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	recommend	present · passive		of the following measures	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: which=Theme
3	become	present	a pupil	stuck property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=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

Abandoning the task permanently and declaring that it cannot be done

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Abandoning	abandon	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 done	csubj:pass
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 task	det
3	task	task	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Abandoning	obj
4	permanently	permanently	ADV	_	1 Abandoning	advmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 declaring	cc
6	declaring	declare	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Abandoning	conj
7	that	that	ADP	_	8 it	case
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 declaring	obl
9	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 done	aux
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 done	advmod
11	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	12 done	aux:pass
12	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	abandon	gerund		the task	permanently property	vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial_location»: agent=Theme task=Source
2	declare speech: other	gerund			that task	vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent
3	not do	can · passive	Abandoning			vn act-114-1 «NP V»

Option 2

Copying the answer of another pupil without making any attempt to understand it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Copying	copy	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 answer	det
3	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Copying	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 pupil	case
5	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	6 pupil	det
6	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 answer	nmod
7	without	without	SCONJ	_	8 making	mark
8	making	make	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Copying	advcl
9	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	10 attempt	det
10	attempt	attempt	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 making	obj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 understand	mark
12	understand	understand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 attempt	acl
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 understand	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	roles by
1	copy	gerund	the answer of another pupil	vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent answer=Theme
2	make	gerund	any attempt	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset attempt=Product
3	understand	to-infinitive	attempt	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus
4	answer		another pupil	nom answer «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

Breaking the materials so that the task need not be attempted again

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Breaking	break	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 attempted	csubj:pass
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 materials	det
3	materials	material	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Breaking	obj
4	so	so	SCONJ	_	7 task	case
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	4 so	fixed
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 task	det
7	task	task	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Breaking	obl
8	need	need	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 attempted	aux
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 attempted	advmod
10	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	11 attempted	aux:pass
11	attempted	attempt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
12	again	again	ADV	_	11 attempted	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break	gerund		the materials				so the task	vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer material=Patient
2	not attempt	present · passive	Breaking				again		vn try-61.1 «NP V S_ING»

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

A short break, a fresh reading of the question, and then a request for help

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 break	det
2	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 break	amod
3	break	break	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 reading	punct
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 reading	det
6	fresh	fresh	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 reading	amod
7	reading	reading	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 break	conj
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 question	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 question	det
10	question	question	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 reading	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 request	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 request	cc
13	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	15 request	advmod
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 request	det
15	request	request	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 break	conj
16	for	for	ADP	_	17 help	case
17	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 request	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	read			the question					nom reading «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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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