Exam question 2 · Picked on: freeze-outs, robberies and standing up

Identify the principal reason for which surrendering property during a street robbery is regarded as prudent.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, surrender, regard · To what, where: principal reason, property, street robbery

This is exam question 2 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 reason	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reason	amod
4	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 surrendering	obl
7	surrendering	surrender	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 reason	acl:relcl
8	property	property	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 surrendering	obj
9	during	during	ADP	_	14 regarded	mark
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 robbery	det
11	street	street	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 robbery	compound
12	robbery	robbery	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 regarded	nsubj:pass
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 regarded	aux:pass
14	regarded	regard	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 surrendering	advcl
15	as	as	ADP	_	16 prudent	case
16	prudent	prudent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 regarded	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal reason		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	surrender	gerund		property	for the principal reason	vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent property=Theme
3	regard	present · passive		a street robbery	as prudent	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.value»: subject=Theme as prudent=Value

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

Personal safety takes precedence, as property may be replaced

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Personal	personal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 safety	amod
2	safety	safety	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 takes	nsubj
3	takes	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	precedence	precedence	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 takes	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 takes	punct
6	as	as	SCONJ	_	10 replaced	mark
7	property	property	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 replaced	nsubj:pass
8	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 replaced	aux
9	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 replaced	aux:pass
10	replaced	replace	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 takes	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	present	Personal safety	precedence					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent precedence=Theme
2	replace	may · passive		property					vn substitute-13.6.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Co-Theme

Option 2

Resistance is invariably successful in recovering the property

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Resistance	resistance	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 successful	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 successful	cop
3	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	4 successful	advmod
4	successful	successful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	in	in	SCONJ	_	6 recovering	mark
6	recovering	recover	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 successful	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 property	det
8	property	property	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 recovering	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Resistance					invariably, successful property	tree rules
2	recover	gerund	Resistance not said here	the property					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent property=Theme

Option 3

Property surrendered is automatically insured by the school

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Property	property	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 insured	nsubj:pass
2	surrendered	surrender	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Property	acl
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 insured	aux:pass
4	automatically	automatically	ADV	_	5 insured	advmod
5	insured	insure	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 school	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 school	det
8	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 insured	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	surrender	participle		Property not said here					vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	insure	present · passive	the school	Property				automatically property	vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Beneficiary

Option 4

Surrender obliges the assailant to return the property

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Surrender	surrender	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 obliges	nsubj
2	obliges	oblige	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 assailant	det
4	assailant	assailant	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 obliges	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 return	mark
6	return	return	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 obliges	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 property	det
8	property	property	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 return	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	oblige	present	Surrender	the assailant					vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent assailant=Patient
2	return	to-infinitive	Surrender not said here	the property					vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent property=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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