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Exam question 3 · When the teacher gets it wrong

It is given that a pupil believes a teacher to have stated an error. Select the most appropriate course of action.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: pupil, you · What happens: give, believe, state, select · To what, where: It, teacher, error, appropriate course

This is exam question 3 of lesson 33 «When the teacher gets it wrong» of the myths 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 pupil believes a teacher to have stated an error.

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	_	7 believes	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 pupil	det
6	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 believes	nsubj
7	believes	believe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	advcl
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 teacher	det
9	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 believes	obj
10	to	to	PART	_	12 stated	mark
11	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	12 stated	aux
12	stated	state	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	9 teacher	acl:relcl
13	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 error	det
14	error	error	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 stated	obj
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	believe	present	a pupil	a teacher					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer teacher=Stimulus
3	state speech: other	to-infinitive · perfect	a pupil not said here	a error					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent error=Topic

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: Select the most appropriate course of action.

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	5 course	det
3	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	4 appropriate	advmod
4	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 course	amod
5	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 action	case
7	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 course	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the appropriate course of action					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent course=Theme

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

To disregard all subsequent instruction from that teacher

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 disregard	mark
2	disregard	disregard	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 instruction	det
4	subsequent	subsequent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 instruction	amod
5	instruction	instruction	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 disregard	obj
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 teacher	case
7	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	8 teacher	det
8	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 disregard	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	disregard	to-infinitive		all subsequent instruction				from that teacher	vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent instruction=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

To verify the matter and raise it courteously and privately, with evidence

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 verify	mark
2	verify	verify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 matter	det
4	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 verify	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 raise	cc
6	raise	raise	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 verify	conj
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 raise	obj
8	courteously	courteously	ADV	_	6 raise	advmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 privately	cc
10	privately	privately	ADV	_	8 courteously	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 evidence	punct
12	with	with	ADP	_	13 evidence	case
13	evidence	evidence	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 raise	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	verify	to-infinitive		the matter					vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot matter=Topic
2	raise	infinitive		matter				with evidence; courteously property	vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent it=Patient with evidence=Instrument

Option 3

To decline to attend further lessons

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 decline	mark
2	decline	decline	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 attend	mark
4	attend	attend	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 decline	xcomp
5	further	further	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 lessons	amod
6	lessons	lesson	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 attend	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	decline	to-infinitive							vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	not attend	to-infinitive		further lessons					vn attend-107.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme lesson=Goal

Option 4

To contradict the teacher forthwith before the entire class

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 contradict	mark
2	contradict	contradict	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 teacher	det
4	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 contradict	obj
5	forthwith	forthwith	ADV	_	2 contradict	advmod
6	before	before	ADP	_	9 class	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 class	det
8	entire	entire	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 class	amod
9	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 contradict	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	contradict	to-infinitive		the teacher			before the entire class	forthwith property	tree rules

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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