Exam question 1 · Regret, silly buys and peer pressure

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises "peer pressure"?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: peer pressure

This is exam question 1 of lesson 10 «Regret, silly buys and peer pressure» of the money 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 pressure	punct
10	peer	peer	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 pressure	compound
11	pressure	pressure	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 pressure	punct
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		peer pressure				of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules

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 sense of compulsion to act or purchase in conformity with persons of similar age

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 sense	det
2	sense	sense	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 compulsion	case
4	compulsion	compulsion	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sense	nmod
5	to	to	PART	_	6 act	mark
6	act	act	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 sense	acl
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 purchase	cc
8	purchase	purchase	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 act	conj
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 conformity	case
10	conformity	conformity	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 purchase	obl
11	with	with	ADP	_	12 persons	case
12	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 purchase	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 age	case
14	similar	similar	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 age	amod
15	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 persons	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	act	to-infinitive				vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	purchase	infinitive		conformity	with persons of similar age	vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
3	sense		compulsion			nom sense «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

A regulation imposed by a school upon its pupils

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 regulation	det
2	regulation	regulation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	imposed	impose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 regulation	acl
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 school	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 school	det
6	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 imposed	obl
7	upon	upon	ADP	_	9 pupils	case
8	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 pupils	nmod:poss
9	pupils	pupil	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 imposed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	impose	participle		a regulation not said here				by a school; upon school's pupils	vn enforce-63 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 3

An arrangement for joint saving among friends

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 arrangement	det
2	arrangement	arrangement	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	4 joint	case
4	joint	joint	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 arrangement	nmod
5	saving	save	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 arrangement	acl
6	among	among	ADP	_	7 friends	case
7	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 saving	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	save	gerund	a arrangement for joint not said here					among friends	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

The pressure exerted by air within a tyre

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 pressure	det
2	pressure	pressure	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	exerted	exert	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 pressure	acl
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 air	case
5	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 exerted	obl
6	within	within	ADP	_	8 tyre	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 tyre	det
8	tyre	tyre	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 exerted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	exert	participle		the pressure not said here				by air; within a tyre	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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