Exam question 4 · VAR rows, referees, fans and rivalries

Ascertain the conclusion reached by the inquests of 2016 in respect of the Hillsborough disaster.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: ascertain, reach, respect · To what, where: conclusion, respect, Hillsborough disaster

This is exam question 4 of lesson 65 «VAR rows, referees, fans and rivalries» of the medicine 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 conclusion	det
3	conclusion	conclusion	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	reached	reach	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 conclusion	acl
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 inquests	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 inquests	det
7	inquests	inquest	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 reached	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 2016	case
9	2016	2016	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	7 inquests	nmod
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 respect	case
11	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 reached	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	15 disaster	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 disaster	det
14	Hillsborough	Hillsborough	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 disaster	compound
15	disaster	disaster	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 respect	nmod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the conclusion			vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conclusion=Topic
2	reach	participle		the conclusion not said here	respect of the Hillsborough disaster	by the inquests of 2016	vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	respect			the Hillsborough disaster			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

The victims were unlawfully killed and the supporters bore no blame

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 victims	det
2	victims	victim	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 killed	nsubj:pass
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 killed	aux:pass
4	unlawfully	unlawfully	ADV	_	5 killed	advmod
5	killed	kill	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 bore	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 supporters	det
8	supporters	supporter	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 bore	nsubj
9	bore	bear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 killed	conj
10	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	11 blame	det
11	blame	blame	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 bore	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	kill	past · passive		the victims				unlawfully property	vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	bear	past	the supporters	no blame					vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blame=Patient

Option 2

No fatalities occurred

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	2 fatalities	det
2	fatalities	fatality	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 occurred	nsubj
3	occurred	occur	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	occur	past	no fatalities						vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

The inquiry reached no conclusion whatsoever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 inquiry	det
2	inquiry	inquiry	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reached	nsubj
3	reached	reach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 conclusion	det
5	conclusion	conclusion	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reached	obj
6	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	3 reached	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reach	past	the inquiry	no conclusion				whatsoever property	vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent conclusion=Theme

Option 4

The supporters were responsible for the disaster

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 supporters	det
2	supporters	supporter	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 responsible	nsubj
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 responsible	cop
4	responsible	responsible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 disaster	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 disaster	det
7	disaster	disaster	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 responsible	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the supporters					for the disaster; responsible property	tree rules

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