Exam question 4 · The coach who shouts and parents on the touchline
It is given that a child is subjected to repeated insults by a coach. State the appropriate course of action.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: coach · What happens: give, subject, repeat · To what, where: It, child
This is exam question 4 of lesson 68 «The coach who shouts and parents on the touchline» 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
Sentence 1: It is given that a child is subjected to repeated insults by a coach.
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 given | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | aux:pass |
| 3 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 8 subjected | mark |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 child | det |
| 6 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 subjected | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 subjected | aux:pass |
| 8 | subjected | subject | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 given | advcl |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 insults | case |
| 10 | repeated | repeat | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 insults | amod |
| 11 | insults | insult | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 subjected | obl |
| 12 | by | by | ADP | _ | 14 coach | case |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 coach | det |
| 14 | coach | coach | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 subjected | obl |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 given | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present · passive | It | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | subject | present · passive | a coach | a child | to repeated insults | tree rules | |||
| 3 | repeat | participle | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
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.
Sentence 2: State the appropriate course of action.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | State | state | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 course | det |
| 3 | appropriate | appropriate | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 course | amod |
| 4 | course | course | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 State | nmod |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 action | case |
| 6 | action | action | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 course | nmod |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 State | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
The child is to withdraw from all physical activity
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 child | det |
| 2 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 withdraw | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 withdraw | cop |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 withdraw | mark |
| 5 | withdraw | withdraw | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | from | from | ADP | _ | 9 activity | case |
| 7 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 9 activity | det |
| 8 | physical | physical | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 activity | amod |
| 9 | activity | activity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 withdraw | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the child | all physical activity | withdraw property | tree rules |
Option 2
The child is to reciprocate the insults
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 child | det |
| 2 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 reciprocate | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 reciprocate | cop |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 reciprocate | mark |
| 5 | reciprocate | reciprocate | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 insults | det |
| 7 | insults | insult | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 reciprocate | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the child | reciprocate property | tree rules |
Option 3
The child is to accept such treatment as customary
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 child | det |
| 2 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 accept | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 accept | cop |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 accept | mark |
| 5 | accept | accept | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 treatment | amod |
| 7 | treatment | treatment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 accept | obj |
| 8 | as | as | ADP | _ | 9 customary | case |
| 9 | customary | customary | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 accept | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the child | as customary; accept property | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
The matter is to be reported to a parent or the club welfare officer
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 matter | det |
| 2 | matter | matter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 reported | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 reported | aux:pass |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 reported | mark |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 reported | aux:pass |
| 6 | reported | report | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 parent | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 parent | det |
| 9 | parent | parent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 reported | obl |
| 10 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 14 officer | cc |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 officer | det |
| 12 | club | club | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 welfare | compound |
| 13 | welfare | welfare | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 officer | compound |
| 14 | officer | officer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 parent | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | report | present · passive | the matter | a parent or the welfare officer | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Topic to parent=Recipient |
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