Exam question 3 · Friendship troubles, being left out and bullying

Pursuant to the receipt of offensive messages by a pupil in an online forum, ascertain the appropriate course of action.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: ascertain, receipt · To what, where: appropriate course, offensive messages

This is exam question 3 of lesson 98 «Friendship troubles, being left out and bullying» 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	_	16 ascertain	advmod
2	to	to	ADP	_	4 receipt	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 receipt	det
4	receipt	receipt	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Pursuant	obl
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 messages	case
6	offensive	offensive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 messages	amod
7	messages	message	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 receipt	nmod
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 pupil	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 pupil	det
10	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 messages	nmod
11	in	in	ADP	_	14 forum	case
12	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 forum	det
13	online	online	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 forum	amod
14	forum	forum	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 pupil	nmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Pursuant	punct
16	ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 course	det
18	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 course	amod
19	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 ascertain	obj
20	of	of	ADP	_	21 action	case
21	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 course	nmod
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	16 ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the appropriate course of action				pursuant property	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent course=Topic
2	receipt			offensive messages by a pupil in a online forum					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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Refrain from replying, retain the messages and inform an adult

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Refrain	refrain	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 retain	nsubj
2	from	from	SCONJ	_	3 replying	mark
3	replying	reply	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Refrain	acl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 retain	punct
5	retain	retain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 messages	det
7	messages	message	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 retain	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 inform	cc
9	inform	inform	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 retain	conj
10	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 adult	det
11	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 inform	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	reply speech: assert	gerund	Refrain not said here			vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	retain	infinitive	Refrain	the messages		tree rules
3	inform speech: other	infinitive	Refrain not said here		a adult	vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient

Option 2

Reply in equally offensive terms so as to deter the sender

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Reply	reply	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 deter	nsubj
2	in	in	ADP	_	5 terms	case
3	equally	equally	ADV	_	4 offensive	advmod
4	offensive	offensive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 terms	amod
5	terms	term	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Reply	nmod
6	so	so	ADV	_	9 deter	advmod
7	as	as	SCONJ	_	9 deter	mark
8	to	to	PART	_	9 deter	mark
9	deter	deter	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 sender	det
11	sender	sender	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 deter	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	deter	to-infinitive	Reply in offensive terms	the sender					vn discourage-64.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer sender=Eventuality

Option 3

Delete every message immediately and inform nobody at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Delete	delete	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	3 message	det
3	message	message	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Delete	obj
4	immediately	immediately	ADV	_	1 Delete	advmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 inform	cc
6	inform	inform	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Delete	conj
7	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	6 inform	obj
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 all	case
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 inform	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	delete	imperative	you not said here	every message				immediately property	vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent message=Theme
2	inform speech: other	present	you not said here		nobody	all			vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent nobody=Recipient

Option 4

Forward the messages to classmates in order to obtain their support

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Forward	forward	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 messages	det
3	messages	message	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Forward	obj
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 classmates	case
5	classmates	classmate	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Forward	obl
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 order	case
7	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Forward	obl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 obtain	mark
9	obtain	obtain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Forward	advcl
10	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 support	nmod:poss
11	support	support	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 obtain	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	forward	imperative	you not said here	the messages	order	to classmates	vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent message=Theme to classmate=Destination
2	obtain	to-infinitive	you not said here	classmates's support			vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset support=Theme
3	support		classmates = classmate				nom support «act transitive»: poss=agent

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