Exam question 2 · Left out: the party, the new school, the third wheel
Identify the principal reason for which newly enrolled pupils frequently experience isolation.
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, enrol, experience · To what, where: principal reason, pupils, isolation
This is exam question 2 of lesson 21 «Left out: the party, the new school, the third wheel» 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 | 8 enrolled | obl |
| 7 | newly | newly | ADV | _ | 8 enrolled | advmod |
| 8 | enrolled | enrol | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 reason | acl:relcl |
| 9 | pupils | pupil | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 enrolled | obj |
| 10 | frequently | frequently | ADV | _ | 11 experience | advmod |
| 11 | experience | experience | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 enrolled | ccomp |
| 12 | isolation | isolation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 experience | obj |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Identify | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | 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 | enrol | past | pupils | for the principal reason; newly property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | experience | present | isolation | frequently property | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer isolation=Stimulus |
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
Isolation results solely from the conduct of the new pupil
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Isolation | isolation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 results | compound |
| 2 | results | result | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 conduct | nsubj |
| 3 | solely | solely | ADV | _ | 6 conduct | advmod |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 conduct | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 conduct | det |
| 6 | conduct | conduct | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 pupil | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 pupil | det |
| 9 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 pupil | amod |
| 10 | pupil | pupil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 conduct | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | conduct | the new pupil | nom conduct «act transitive»: of=patient |
Option 2
Established pupils are required to disregard newcomers
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Established | establish | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 pupils | amod |
| 2 | pupils | pupil | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 required | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 required | aux:pass |
| 4 | required | require | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 disregard | mark |
| 6 | disregard | disregard | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 required | xcomp |
| 7 | newcomers | newcomer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 disregard | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | establish | participle | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot | ||||||
| 2 | require | present · passive | Established pupils | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | disregard | to-infinitive | newcomers | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent newcomer=Theme |
Option 3
New pupils are prohibited from conversing with established pupils
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 pupils | amod |
| 2 | pupils | pupil | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 prohibited | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 prohibited | aux:pass |
| 4 | prohibited | prohibit | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | from | from | SCONJ | _ | 6 conversing | mark |
| 6 | conversing | converse | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 prohibited | advcl |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 pupils | case |
| 8 | established | establish | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 pupils | amod |
| 9 | pupils | pupil | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 conversing | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | prohibit | present · passive | New pupils | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | converse speech: other | gerund | with established pupils | vn chit_chat-37.6 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with pupil=Co-Agent | |||||
| 3 | establish | participle | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Friendships require a period of time in which to develop
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Friendships | friendship | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 require | nsubj |
| 2 | require | require | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 period | det |
| 4 | period | period | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 require | obj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 time | case |
| 6 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 period | nmod |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 which | case |
| 8 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 10 develop | obl |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 develop | mark |
| 10 | develop | develop | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 time | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | require | present | Friendships | a period of time | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme period=Precondition | ||||
| 2 | develop | to-infinitive | Friendships not said here | in time | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in which=Location |
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