Exam question 3 · Just a scratch and I'm fine: when to worry and tell an adult

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning conduct described as «banter» which repeatedly causes distress to one individual.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, banter · What happens: select, establish, describe, cause · To what, where: response, consistent concerning conduct, distress

This is exam question 3 of lesson 51 «Just a scratch and I'm fine: when to worry and tell an adult» of the language 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	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 conduct	amod
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concerning	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 conduct	amod
10	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 response	nmod
11	described	describe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 conduct	acl
12	as	as	ADP	_	14 banter	case
13	«	«	PUNCT	_	14 banter	punct
14	banter	banter	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 described	obl
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	14 banter	punct
16	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	18 causes	nsubj
17	repeatedly	repeatedly	ADV	_	18 causes	advmod
18	causes	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 banter	acl:relcl
19	distress	distress	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 causes	obj
20	to	to	ADP	_	22 individual	case
21	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	22 individual	nummod
22	individual	individual	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 causes	obl
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response consistent concerning conduct		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	describe	participle		consistent concerning conduct not said here	as banter	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent as banter=Attribute
4	cause	present	banter	distress	to one individual; repeatedly property	vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition distress=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

It is not banter and may constitute bullying

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 banter	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 banter	cop
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 banter	advmod
4	banter	banter	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 constitute	cc
6	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 constitute	aux
7	constitute	constitute	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 banter	conj
8	bullying	bullying	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 constitute	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is a	present	It	banter					tree rules
2	constitute	may		bullying					vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme bullying=Pivot

Option 2

It is banter, provided the group is amused

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	3 banter	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 banter	cop
3	banter	banter	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 provided	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 banter	punct
5	provided	provide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 group	det
7	group	group	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 amused	nsubj:pass
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 amused	aux:pass
9	amused	amuse	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 provided	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	present	It	banter	tree rules
2	provide	past	banter		vn ensure-99 «NP V that S»: agent=Precondition clause=Theme
3	amuse	present · passive		the group	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer

Option 3

It is banter, provided no property is destroyed

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	3 banter	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 banter	cop
3	banter	banter	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 provided	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 banter	punct
5	provided	provide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	7 property	det
7	property	property	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 destroyed	nsubj:pass
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 destroyed	aux:pass
9	destroyed	destroy	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 provided	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	present	It	banter	tree rules
2	provide	past	banter		vn ensure-99 «NP V that S»: agent=Precondition clause=Theme
3	destroy	present · passive		no property	vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 4

It is banter, provided it occurs in the lavatories

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	3 banter	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 banter	cop
3	banter	banter	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 provided	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 banter	punct
5	provided	provide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 occurs	nsubj
7	occurs	occur	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 provided	ccomp
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 lavatories	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 lavatories	det
10	lavatories	lavatory	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 occurs	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	is a	present	It	banter		tree rules
2	provide	past	banter			vn ensure-99 «NP V that S»: agent=Precondition clause=Theme
3	occur	present	banter		the lavatories	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in lavatory=Location

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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