Exam question 3 · Grandma and Uncle on opposite sides: staying friends

Select the response consistent with the established guidance concerning the correction of false information repeated by an elderly relative.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established guidance · What happens: select, establish, concern, repeat, correct · To what, where: response, correction, false information

This is exam question 3 of lesson 15 «Grandma and Uncle on opposite sides: staying friends» of the politics 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	3 response	amod
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 guidance	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 guidance	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 guidance	amod
8	guidance	guidance	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 guidance	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 correction	det
11	correction	correction	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 information	case
13	false	false	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 information	amod
14	information	information	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 correction	nmod
15	repeated	repeat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 information	acl
16	by	by	ADP	_	19 relative	case
17	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 relative	det
18	elderly	elderly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 relative	amod
19	relative	relative	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 repeated	obl
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response		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	concern	gerund	the established guidance not said here	the correction of false information		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus correction=Experiencer
4	repeat	participle		false information not said here	by a elderly relative	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
5	correct			false information		nom correction «act 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 correction shall be made courteously and, where appropriate, in private

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 correction	det
2	correction	correction	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 made	nsubj:pass
3	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 made	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 made	aux:pass
5	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	courteously	courteously	ADV	_	5 made	advmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 appropriate	cc
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 appropriate	punct
9	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	10 appropriate	advmod
10	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 made	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 private	punct
12	in	in	ADP	_	13 private	case
13	private	private	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 made	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	shall · passive		the correction				courteously property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product

Option 2

No correction shall ever be attempted

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	2 correction	det
2	correction	correction	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 attempted	nsubj:pass
3	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 attempted	aux
4	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	6 attempted	advmod
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 attempted	aux:pass
6	attempted	attempt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	attempt	shall · passive		no correction			ever		vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality

Option 3

The correction shall be made publicly, before the assembled family, in order to embarrass the relative

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 correction	det
2	correction	correction	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 made	nsubj:pass
3	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 made	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 made	aux:pass
5	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	publicly	publicly	ADV	_	5 made	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 family	punct
8	before	before	ADP	_	11 family	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 family	det
10	assembled	assemble	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 family	amod
11	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 made	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 embarrass	punct
13	in	in	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	16 embarrass	mark
14	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 in	fixed
15	to	to	PART	_	16 embarrass	mark
16	embarrass	embarrass	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	5 made	parataxis
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 relative	det
18	relative	relative	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 embarrass	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	make	shall · passive	the correction	before the assembled family	publicly property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product
2	assemble	participle				vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	embarrass	to-infinitive	the relative			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus relative=Experiencer

Option 4

The relative shall be excluded from family gatherings

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 relative	det
2	relative	relative	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 excluded	nsubj:pass
3	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 excluded	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 excluded	aux:pass
5	excluded	exclude	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 gatherings	case
7	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 gatherings	compound
8	gatherings	gathering	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 excluded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	exclude	shall · passive		the relative		family gatherings			vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Beneficiary from gathering=Eventuality

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