Exam question 4 · Picked on: freeze-outs, robberies and standing up

In respect of the term "upstander", determine which description is correct.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, description · What happens: determine, be, respect · To what, where: respect, term

This is exam question 4 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	In	in	ADP	_	2 respect	case
2	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 determine	obl
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 term	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 term	det
5	term	term	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 respect	nmod
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 upstander	punct
7	upstander	upstander	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 term	appos
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 upstander	punct
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 respect	punct
10	determine	determine	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	12 description	det
12	description	description	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 correct	nsubj
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 correct	cop
14	correct	correct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 determine	ccomp
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 determine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	determine	imperative	you not said here		respect of the term		vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	which description			correct property	tree rules
3	respect			the term			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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

A person who acts to assist another who is being mistreated

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 person	det
2	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 acts	nsubj
4	acts	act	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 person	acl:relcl
5	to	to	PART	_	6 assist	mark
6	assist	assist	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 acts	xcomp
7	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	6 assist	obj
8	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 mistreated	nsubj:pass
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 mistreated	aux:pass
10	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 mistreated	aux:pass
11	mistreated	mistreat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 another	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	act	present	a person		tree rules
2	assist	to-infinitive	a person not said here	another	vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent another=Beneficiary
3	mistreat	present · passive			tree rules

Option 2

A person who observes mistreatment without intervening

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 person	det
2	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 observes	nsubj
4	observes	observe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 person	acl:relcl
5	mistreatment	mistreatment	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 observes	obj
6	without	without	SCONJ	_	7 intervening	mark
7	intervening	intervene	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 observes	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	observe	present	a person	mistreatment					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent mistreatment=Topic
2	intervene	gerund	a person not said here						tree rules

Option 3

A person who participates in mistreatment to avoid it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 person	det
2	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 participates	nsubj
4	participates	participate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 person	acl:relcl
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 mistreatment	case
6	mistreatment	mistreatment	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 participates	obl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 avoid	mark
8	avoid	avoid	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 participates	advcl
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 avoid	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	participate	present	a person					in mistreatment	vn cooperate-73.1-2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in mistreatment=Theme
2	avoid	to-infinitive	a person not said here	mistreatment					vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent it=Location

Option 4

A person who rises from his seat upon a teacher's entry

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 person	det
2	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 rises	nsubj
4	rises	rise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 person	acl:relcl
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 seat	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 seat	nmod:poss
7	seat	seat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 rises	obl
8	upon	upon	ADP	_	12 entry	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 teacher	det
10	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 entry	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 teacher	case
12	entry	entry	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 rises	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rise	present	a person			person's seat		upon a teacher's entry	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent upon entry=Location
2	enter		a teacher						nom entry «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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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