Exam question 1 · Fights, racism and being a bystander

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises an instruction to a pupil to "go back" to another country on account of his family origin?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris, go back, account · To what, where: instruction, account, family origin

This is exam question 1 of lesson 20 «Fights, racism and being a bystander» 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	1 Which	nmod
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	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 instruction	det
10	instruction	instruction	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	to	to	ADP	_	13 pupil	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 pupil	det
13	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obl
14	to	to	PART	_	16 go	mark
15	"	"	PUNCT	_	16 go	punct
16	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 characterises	advcl
17	back	back	ADV	_	16 go	advmod
18	"	"	PUNCT	_	16 go	punct
19	to	to	ADP	_	21 country	case
20	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	21 country	det
21	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 go	obl
22	on	on	ADP	_	23 account	case
23	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 go	obl
24	of	of	ADP	_	27 origin	case
25	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	27 origin	nmod:poss
26	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 origin	compound
27	origin	origin	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 account	nmod
28	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	a instruction		to a pupil; accurately property	tree rules
3	go back in a quote	to-infinitive		account of pupil's family origin	to another country result	vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to country=Result
4	account		pupil's family origin			nom account «communication 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 where the pupil was born abroad

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 permissible	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 permissible	cop
3	permissible	permissible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	8 born	advmod
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 pupil	det
6	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 born	nsubj:pass
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 born	aux:pass
8	born	bear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 permissible	advcl
9	abroad	abroad	ADV	_	8 born	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					permissible property	tree rules
2	bear	past · passive		the pupil				abroad property	vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 2

It is a form of humour exempt from school regulations

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 form	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 form	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 form	det
4	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 exempt	case
6	humour	humour	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 exempt	compound
7	exempt	exempt	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 form	nmod
8	from	from	ADP	_	10 regulations	case
9	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 regulations	compound
10	regulations	regulation	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 exempt	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a form				of humour exempt from school regulations	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It constitutes racist bullying and ought to be reported

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	racist	racist	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 bullying	amod
4	bullying	bullying	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 constitutes	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 reported	cc
6	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 reported	aux
7	to	to	PART	_	9 reported	mark
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 reported	aux:pass
9	reported	report	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 constitutes	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	constitute	present	It	racist bullying					vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme bullying=Pivot
2	report	ought · passive							vn characterize-29.2-1-2 «NP V NP»

Option 4

It constitutes a reasonable enquiry as to residence

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	5 enquiry	det
4	reasonable	reasonable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 enquiry	amod
5	enquiry	enquiry	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 constitutes	obj
6	as	as	ADP	_	8 residence	case
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 residence	case
8	residence	residence	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 constitutes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	constitute	present	It	a reasonable enquiry				as residence	vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme enquiry=Pivot

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