Exam question 4 · Fights, racism and being a bystander

In respect of dyslexia, determine which statement is correct.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, statement · What happens: determine, be, respect · To what, where: respect, dyslexia

This is exam question 4 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	In	in	ADP	_	2 respect	case
2	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 determine	obl
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 dyslexia	case
4	dyslexia	dyslexia	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 respect	nmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 respect	punct
6	determine	determine	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	8 statement	det
8	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 correct	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 correct	cop
10	correct	correct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 determine	ccomp
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 determine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	determine	imperative	you not said here		respect of dyslexia		vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	which statement			correct property	tree rules
3	respect			dyslexia			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

It affects only persons over the age of eighteen

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 affects	nsubj
2	affects	affect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	only	only	ADV	_	4 persons	advmod
4	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 affects	obj
5	over	over	ADP	_	7 age	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 age	det
7	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 affects	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 eighteen	case
9	eighteen	eighteen	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 age	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	affect	present	It	persons			over the age of eighteen		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus person=Experiencer

Option 2

It is eliminated entirely by increased effort

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 eliminated	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 eliminated	aux:pass
3	eliminated	eliminate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	3 eliminated	advmod
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 effort	case
6	increased	increase	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 effort	amod
7	effort	effort	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 eliminated	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eliminate	present · passive	increased effort	It				entirely property	vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient
2	increase	participle							vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It renders reading and spelling more difficult and is unrelated to intelligence

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 renders	nsubj
2	renders	render	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	reading	reading	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 renders	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 spelling	cc
5	spelling	spelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reading	conj
6	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	7 difficult	advmod
7	difficult	difficult	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 renders	advcl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 unrelated	cc
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 unrelated	cop
10	unrelated	unrelated	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 renders	conj
11	to	to	ADP	_	12 intelligence	case
12	intelligence	intelligence	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 unrelated	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	render	present	It	reading and spelling					vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reading=Theme
2	is	present						to intelligence; unrelated property	tree rules

Option 4

It indicates a general deficiency in intelligence

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 indicates	nsubj
2	indicates	indicate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 deficiency	det
4	general	general	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 deficiency	amod
5	deficiency	deficiency	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 indicates	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 intelligence	case
7	intelligence	intelligence	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 deficiency	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	indicate	present	It	a general deficiency		intelligence			vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot deficiency=Topic

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