Exam question 4 · Laughed at: photos, scores, nicknames and the spotlight

Ascertain which response is consistent with the facts concerning a pupil who undertakes a dare in order to secure popularity.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, response, facts, pupil · What happens: ascertain, be, concern, undertake, secure · To what, where: pupil, dare, order, popularity

This is exam question 4 of lesson 10 «Laughed at: photos, scores, nicknames and the spotlight» of the reflection 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	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 consistent	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 consistent	cop
5	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Ascertain	ccomp
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 pupil	det
11	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 undertakes	nsubj
13	undertakes	undertake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 pupil	acl:relcl
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 dare	det
15	dare	dare	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 undertakes	obj
16	in	in	ADP	_	17 order	case
17	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 undertakes	obl
18	to	to	PART	_	19 secure	mark
19	secure	secure	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 undertakes	advcl
20	popularity	popularity	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 secure	obj
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here				vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	which response			with the facts; consistent property	tree rules
3	concern	gerund	the facts not said here	a pupil			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus pupil=Experiencer
4	undertake	present	a pupil	a dare	order		vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dare=Eventuality
5	secure	to-infinitive	a pupil not said here	popularity			vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition popularity=Theme

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

A larger subsequent dare invariably erases the memory of the first

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 dare	det
2	larger	large	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 dare	amod
3	subsequent	subsequent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 dare	amod
4	dare	dare	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 erases	nsubj
5	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	6 erases	advmod
6	erases	erase	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 memory	det
8	memory	memory	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 erases	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 first	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 first	det
11	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	8 memory	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	erase	present	a larger subsequent dare	the memory of the first				invariably property	vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent memory=Source

Option 2

Such dares reliably secure lasting admiration among peers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 dares	amod
2	dares	dare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	reliably	reliably	ADV	_	2 dares	advmod
4	secure	secure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 admiration	amod
5	lasting	lasting	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 admiration	amod
6	admiration	admiration	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dares	obj
7	among	among	ADP	_	8 peers	case
8	peers	peer	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 dares	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dare	present		secure lasting admiration				among peers; reliably property	vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent admiration=Recipient

Option 3

Such dares are of no consequence whatsoever to one's reputation

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 dares	amod
2	dares	dare	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 consequence	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 consequence	cop
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 consequence	case
5	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	6 consequence	det
6	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	6 consequence	advmod
8	to	to	ADP	_	11 reputation	case
9	one	one	PRON	Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 reputation	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 one	case
11	reputation	reputation	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 whatsoever	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Such dares					of no consequence; whatsoever property	tree rules
2	repute		one						nom reputation «state transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Such dares commonly fail, and a larger dare tends to aggravate the position

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 dares	amod
2	dares	dare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	commonly	commonly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 fail	amod
4	fail	fail	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dares	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 tends	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 tends	cc
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 dare	det
8	larger	large	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	9 dare	amod
9	dare	dare	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 tends	nsubj
10	tends	tend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 dares	conj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 aggravate	mark
12	aggravate	aggravate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 tends	xcomp
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 position	det
14	position	position	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 aggravate	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	dare	present		commonly fail	vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fail=Recipient
2	tend	present	a larger dare		tree rules
3	aggravate	to-infinitive	a larger dare not said here	the position	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus position=Experiencer

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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