Exam question 1 · Picked on: freeze-outs, robberies and standing up

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the deliberate exclusion of a pupil by her peer group?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris, exclude · To what, where: deliberate exclusion, pupil

This is exam question 1 of lesson 19 «Picked on: freeze-outs, robberies and standing up» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 exclusion	det
10	deliberate	deliberate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 exclusion	amod
11	exclusion	exclusion	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 pupil	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 pupil	det
14	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 exclusion	nmod
15	by	by	ADP	_	18 group	case
16	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 group	nmod:poss
17	peer	peer	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 group	compound
18	group	group	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obl
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the deliberate exclusion of a pupil	of the following statements; by pupil's peer group; accurately property	tree rules
3	exclude		a pupil		nom exclusion «state 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

It is permissible provided that no words are exchanged

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	4 provided	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 provided	aux:pass
3	permissible	permissible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 provided	amod
4	provided	provide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 exchanged	mark
6	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	7 words	det
7	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 exchanged	nsubj:pass
8	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 exchanged	aux:pass
9	exchanged	exchange	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 provided	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	provide	present · passive		It					vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	exchange	present · passive		no words					vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2

It invariably indicates a grave fault on the part of the excluded pupil

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 indicates	nsubj
2	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	3 indicates	advmod
3	indicates	indicate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 fault	det
5	grave	grave	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 fault	amod
6	fault	fault	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 indicates	obj
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 part	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 part	det
9	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 fault	nmod
10	of	of	ADP	_	13 pupil	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 pupil	det
12	excluded	exclude	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 pupil	amod
13	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 part	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	indicate	present	It	a grave fault		the part of the excluded pupil		invariably property	vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot fault=Topic
2	exclude	participle							vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Causer

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It constitutes a form of bullying attributable to the group's conduct

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	2 constitutes	nsubj
2	constitutes	constitute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 form	det
4	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 constitutes	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 bullying	case
6	bullying	bullying	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 form	nmod
7	attributable	attributable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 constitutes	xcomp
8	to	to	ADP	_	12 conduct	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 group	det
10	group	group	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 conduct	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 group	case
12	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 attributable	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	constitute	present	It	a form of bullying	attributable property	vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme form=Pivot
2	form			bullying		nom form «communication transitive»: of=patient
3	conduct		the group			nom conduct «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

It is an ordinary social custom carrying no harmful consequence

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	6 custom	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 custom	cop
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 custom	det
4	ordinary	ordinary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 custom	amod
5	social	social	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 custom	amod
6	custom	custom	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	carrying	carry	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 custom	acl
8	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	10 consequence	det
9	harmful	harmful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 consequence	amod
10	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 carrying	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a ordinary social custom					tree rules
2	carry	gerund	a ordinary social custom not said here	no harmful consequence					vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent consequence=Theme

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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