Exam question 4 · Things I'm ashamed of: crowds, cruelty and coming clean

In respect of guilt arising from a concealed wrongdoing, determine which statement is correct.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: guilt, you, statement · What happens: arise, conceal, determine, be, respect · To what, where: concealed wrongdoing, respect, guilt

This is exam question 4 of lesson 16 «Things I'm ashamed of: crowds, cruelty and coming clean» 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	In	in	ADP	_	2 respect	case
2	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 determine	obl
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 guilt	case
4	guilt	guilt	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 respect	nmod
5	arising	arise	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 guilt	acl
6	from	from	ADP	_	9 wrongdoing	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 wrongdoing	det
8	concealed	conceal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 wrongdoing	amod
9	wrongdoing	wrongdoing	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 arising	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 respect	punct
11	determine	determine	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	13 statement	det
13	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 correct	nsubj
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 correct	cop
15	correct	correct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 determine	ccomp
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 determine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	arise	gerund	guilt not said here		a concealed wrongdoing		vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	conceal	participle					vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	determine	imperative	you not said here		respect of guilt		vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
4	is	present	which statement			correct property	tree rules
5	respect			guilt			nom respect «cognition 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

Guilt is transferred in full to whosoever was wrongly blamed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Guilt	guilt	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 transferred	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 transferred	aux:pass
3	transferred	transfer	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 full	case
5	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 transferred	obl
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 whosoever	case
7	whosoever	whosoever	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 transferred	obl
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 blamed	aux:pass
9	wrongly	wrongly	ADV	_	10 blamed	advmod
10	blamed	blame	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 whosoever	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	transfer	present · passive		Guilt	whosoever	full			vn contribute-13.2-2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to whosoever=Recipient
2	blame	past · passive						wrongly property	vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Such guilt commonly intensifies for so long as the wrong remains unremedied

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 guilt	amod
2	guilt	guilt	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 intensifies	nsubj
3	commonly	commonly	ADV	_	4 intensifies	advmod
4	intensifies	intensify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 long	case
6	so	so	ADV	_	7 long	advmod
7	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	4 intensifies	obl
8	as	as	ADP	_	11 remains	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 remains	det
10	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 remains	amod
11	remains	remains	NOUN	Number=Ptan	4 intensifies	obl
12	unremedied	unremedied	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 intensifies	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	intensify	present	Such guilt					as the wrong remains; commonly, unremedied property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Such guilt invariably dissipates within a single night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 guilt	amod
2	guilt	guilt	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dissipates	nsubj
3	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	4 dissipates	advmod
4	dissipates	dissipate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	within	within	ADP	_	8 night	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 night	det
7	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 night	amod
8	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dissipates	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dissipate	present	Such guilt				night	invariably property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 4

Concealment converts guilt into pride upon the expiry of a fixed period of time

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Concealment	concealment	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 converts	nsubj
2	converts	convert	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	guilt	guilt	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 converts	obj
4	into	into	ADP	_	5 pride	case
5	pride	pride	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 converts	obl
6	upon	upon	ADP	_	8 expiry	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 expiry	det
8	expiry	expiry	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 converts	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	12 period	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 period	det
11	fixed	fix	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 period	amod
12	period	period	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 expiry	nmod
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 time	case
14	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 period	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	convert	present	Concealment	guilt				into pride result; upon the expiry of a fixed period of time	vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: agent=Agent guilt=Patient into pride=Result
2	fix	participle							vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

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