Exam question 4 · Old guilt: secrets that grow and how to let them go

In respect of the assignment of blame to an infant incapable of speech, determine which statement is correct.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, statement · What happens: determine, be, respect, assign · To what, where: respect, assignment, blame

This is exam question 4 of lesson 17 «Old guilt: secrets that grow and how to let them go» 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	15 determine	obl
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 assignment	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 assignment	det
5	assignment	assignment	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 respect	nmod
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 blame	case
7	blame	blame	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 assignment	nmod
8	to	to	ADP	_	11 incapable	case
9	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 incapable	det
10	infant	infant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 incapable	amod
11	incapable	incapable	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 blame	nmod
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 speech	case
13	speech	speech	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 incapable	nmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 respect	punct
15	determine	determine	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
16	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	17 statement	det
17	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 correct	nsubj
18	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 correct	cop
19	correct	correct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 determine	ccomp
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	15 determine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	determine	imperative	you not said here		respect of the assignment of blame to a infant incapable of speech		vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	which statement			correct property	tree rules
3	respect			the assignment of blame to a infant incapable of speech			nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient
4	assign			blame to a infant incapable of speech			nom assignment «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

Such attribution is permissible owing to the infant's age

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 attribution	amod
2	attribution	attribution	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 permissible	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 permissible	cop
4	permissible	permissible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	owing	owe	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 permissible	advcl
6	to	to	ADP	_	10 age	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 infant	det
8	infant	infant	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 age	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 infant	case
10	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 owing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Such attribution					permissible property	tree rules
2	owe	gerund	Such attribution not said here				to the infant's age		vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to age=Goal

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Such attribution is unfair, as the infant cannot contest it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 attribution	amod
2	attribution	attribution	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 unfair	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 unfair	cop
4	unfair	unfair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 contest	punct
6	as	as	SCONJ	_	11 contest	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 infant	det
8	infant	infant	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 contest	nsubj
9	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 contest	aux
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 contest	advmod
11	contest	contest	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 unfair	conj
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 contest	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Such attribution					unfair property	tree rules
2	not contest	can	the infant	attribution					tree rules

Option 3

Infants are deemed responsible for all domestic damage

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Infants	infant	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 deemed	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 deemed	aux:pass
3	deemed	deem	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	responsible	responsible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 deemed	xcomp
5	for	for	ADP	_	8 damage	case
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 damage	det
7	domestic	domestic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 damage	amod
8	damage	damage	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 deemed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	deem	present · passive		Infants				for all domestic damage; responsible property	vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Attribute

Option 4

Such attribution relieves the true wrongdoer of all guilt

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 attribution	amod
2	attribution	attribution	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 relieves	nsubj
3	relieves	relieve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 wrongdoer	det
5	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 wrongdoer	amod
6	wrongdoer	wrongdoer	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 relieves	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 guilt	case
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 guilt	det
9	guilt	guilt	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wrongdoer	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	relieve	present	Such attribution	the true wrongdoer of all guilt					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus wrongdoer=Experiencer

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