Exam question 4 · Friendship troubles, being left out and bullying

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning responsibility for bullying.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, response, established facts · What happens: select, be, establish, concern · To what, where: response, responsibility

This is exam question 4 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 consistent	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 consistent	cop
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	acl:relcl
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 facts	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 facts	det
9	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 facts	amod
10	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 consistent	obl
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 facts	acl
12	responsibility	responsibility	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
13	for	for	ADP	_	14 bullying	case
14	bullying	bullying	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 responsibility	nmod
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	is	present	the response		with the established facts; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	responsibility	for bullying	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus responsibility=Experiencer

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

It is the fault of whoever first reports it to an adult

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 fault	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 fault	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 fault	det
4	fault	fault	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 whoever	case
6	whoever	whoever	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 reports	nsubj
7	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	8 reports	advmod
8	reports	report	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 fault	acl:relcl
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 reports	obj
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 adult	case
11	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 adult	det
12	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 reports	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	the fault					tree rules
2	report	present	whoever	fault	a adult			first property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Topic to adult=Recipient

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

It is never the fault of the person who is bullied

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 fault	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 fault	cop
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 fault	advmod
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 fault	det
5	fault	fault	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 person	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 person	det
8	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fault	nmod
9	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 bullied	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 bullied	aux:pass
11	bullied	bully	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 person	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is a	present	It	the fault				of the person	tree rules
2	bully	present · passive		the person					vn captain-29.8-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary

Option 3

It is partly the fault of a victim who appears different

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 fault	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 fault	cop
3	partly	partly	ADV	_	5 fault	advmod
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 fault	det
5	fault	fault	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 victim	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 victim	det
8	victim	victim	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fault	nmod
9	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 appears	nsubj
10	appears	appear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 fault	parataxis
11	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 appears	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	the fault				of a victim; partly property	tree rules
2	appear	present	the fault					different property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

It is the fault of the victim if he does not fight back

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 fault	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 fault	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 fault	det
4	fault	fault	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 victim	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 victim	det
7	victim	victim	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fault	nmod
8	if	if	SCONJ	_	12 fight	mark
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 fight	nsubj
10	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 fight	aux
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 fight	advmod
12	fight	fight	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 fault	advcl
13	back	back	ADV	_	12 fight	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	the fault				of the victim	tree rules
2	not fight back a condition, not said to happen	present · do-support	he						vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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