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Exam question 3 · Lonely and different: accents, big brothers and being too…

It is given that a pupil believes herself deliberately excluded from an occasion. Select the response consistent with the established facts.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: pupil, you · What happens: give, believe, exclude, select, establish · To what, where: It, occasion, response · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 3 of lesson 22 «Lonely and different: accents, big brothers and being too much» 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

Sentence 1: It is given that a pupil believes herself deliberately excluded from an occasion.

nsubj:passaux:passmarkdetnsubjadvclnsubjadvmodccompcasedetoblpunctrootItPRONisAUXgivenVERBthatSCONJaDETpupilNOUNbelievesVERBherselfPRONdeliberatelyADVexcludedVERBfromADPanDEToccasionNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ItitPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 givennsubj:pass
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 givenaux:pass
3givengiveVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
4thatthatSCONJ_7 believesmark
5aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art6 pupildet
6pupilpupilNOUNNumber=Sing7 believesnsubj
7believesbelieveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 givenadvcl
8herselfherselfPRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes10 excludednsubj
9deliberatelydeliberatelyADV_10 excludedadvmod
10excludedexcludeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin7 believesccomp
11fromfromADP_13 occasioncase
12anaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art13 occasiondet
13occasionoccasionNOUNNumber=Sing10 excludedobl
14..PUNCT_3 givenpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1givepresent · passiveItvn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2believepresenta pupilvn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3excludepastpupila occasiondeliberately propertyvn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer from occasion=Eventuality

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.

Sentence 2: Select the response consistent with the established facts.

detobjamodcasedetamodoblpunctrootSelectVERBtheDETresponseNOUNconsistentADJwithADPtheDETestablishedVERBfactsNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SelectselectVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art3 responsedet
3responseresponseNOUNNumber=Sing1 Selectobj
4consistentconsistentADJDegree=Pos3 responseamod
5withwithADP_8 factscase
6thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art8 factsdet
7establishedestablishVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass8 factsamod
8factsfactNOUNNumber=Plur4 consistentobl
9..PUNCT_1 Selectpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1selectimperativeyou not said herethe responsevn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2establishparticiplevn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Enquiry is preferable to assumption, as the exclusion may have been accidental

nsubjcopcaseoblpunctmarkdetnsubjauxauxcopconjrootEnquiryNOUNisAUXpreferableADJtoADPassumptionNOUN,PUNCTasSCONJtheDETexclusionNOUNmayAUXhaveAUXbeenAUXaccidentalADJ
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1EnquiryenquiryNOUNNumber=Sing3 preferablensubj
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 preferablecop
3preferablepreferableADJDegree=Posrootroot
4totoADP_5 assumptioncase
5assumptionassumptionNOUNNumber=Sing3 preferableobl
6,,PUNCT_13 accidentalpunct
7asasSCONJ_13 accidentalmark
8thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art9 exclusiondet
9exclusionexclusionNOUNNumber=Sing13 accidentalnsubj
10maymayAUXVerbForm=Fin13 accidentalaux
11havehaveAUXVerbForm=Inf13 accidentalaux
12beenbeAUXTense=Past VerbForm=Part13 accidentalcop
13accidentalaccidentalADJDegree=Pos3 preferableconj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentEnquiryto assumption; preferable propertytree rules
2ismay · perfectthe exclusionaccidental propertytree rules

Option 2

Enquiry invariably aggravates the situation and ought to be avoided

nsubjadvmoddetobjccauxmarkaux:passconjrootEnquiryNOUNinvariablyADVaggravatesVERBtheDETsituationNOUNandCCONJoughtAUXtoPARTbeAUXavoidedVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1EnquiryenquiryNOUNNumber=Sing3 aggravatesnsubj
2invariablyinvariablyADV_3 aggravatesadvmod
3aggravatesaggravateVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 situationdet
5situationsituationNOUNNumber=Sing3 aggravatesobj
6andandCCONJ_10 avoidedcc
7oughtoughtAUXVerbForm=Fin10 avoidedaux
8totoPART_10 avoidedmark
9bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf10 avoidedaux:pass
10avoidedavoidVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass3 aggravatesconj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1aggravatepresentEnquirythe situationinvariably propertyvn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus situation=Experiencer
2avoidought · passiveEnquiry not said herevn avoid-52 «NP V S_ING»

Option 3

The worst interpretation is invariably the correct one

detamodnsubjcopadvmoddetamodrootTheDETworstADJinterpretationNOUNisAUXinvariablyADVtheDETcorrectADJoneNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art3 interpretationdet
2worstbadADJDegree=Sup3 interpretationamod
3interpretationinterpretationNOUNNumber=Sing8 onensubj
4isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin8 onecop
5invariablyinvariablyADV_8 oneadvmod
6thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art8 onedet
7correctcorrectADJDegree=Pos8 oneamod
8oneoneNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentthe worst interpretationthe correct oneinvariably propertytree rules

Option 4

Exclusion from an occasion is in all cases deliberate

nsubjcasedetnmodcopcasedetamodrootExclusionNOUNfromADPanDEToccasionNOUNisAUXinADPallDETcasesNOUNdeliberateADJ
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ExclusionexclusionNOUNNumber=Sing8 casesnsubj
2fromfromADP_4 occasioncase
3anaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art4 occasiondet
4occasionoccasionNOUNNumber=Sing1 Exclusionnmod
5isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin8 casescop
6ininADP_8 casescase
7allallDETPronType=Tot8 casesdet
8casescaseNOUNNumber=Plurrootroot
9deliberatedeliberateADJDegree=Pos8 casesamod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentExclusion from a occasionall casestree rules

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