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.
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 given | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | aux:pass |
| 3 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 7 believes | mark |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 pupil | det |
| 6 | pupil | pupil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 believes | nsubj |
| 7 | believes | believe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | advcl |
| 8 | herself | herself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 10 excluded | nsubj |
| 9 | deliberately | deliberately | ADV | _ | 10 excluded | advmod |
| 10 | excluded | exclude | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 believes | ccomp |
| 11 | from | from | ADP | _ | 13 occasion | case |
| 12 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 occasion | det |
| 13 | occasion | occasion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 excluded | obl |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 given | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present · passive | It | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | believe | present | a pupil | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 3 | exclude | past | pupil | a occasion | deliberately property | vn 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.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Select | select | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 response | det |
| 3 | response | response | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Select | obj |
| 4 | consistent | consistent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 response | amod |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 facts | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 facts | det |
| 7 | established | establish | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 facts | amod |
| 8 | facts | fact | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 consistent | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Select | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | select | imperative | you not said here | the response | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme | ||||
| 2 | establish | participle | vn 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Enquiry | enquiry | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 preferable | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 preferable | cop |
| 3 | preferable | preferable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 assumption | case |
| 5 | assumption | assumption | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 preferable | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 accidental | punct |
| 7 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 13 accidental | mark |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 exclusion | det |
| 9 | exclusion | exclusion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 accidental | nsubj |
| 10 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 13 accidental | aux |
| 11 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 13 accidental | aux |
| 12 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 13 accidental | cop |
| 13 | accidental | accidental | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 preferable | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Enquiry | to assumption; preferable property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | may · perfect | the exclusion | accidental property | tree rules |
Option 2
Enquiry invariably aggravates the situation and ought to be avoided
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Enquiry | enquiry | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 aggravates | nsubj |
| 2 | invariably | invariably | ADV | _ | 3 aggravates | advmod |
| 3 | aggravates | aggravate | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 situation | det |
| 5 | situation | situation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 aggravates | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 avoided | cc |
| 7 | ought | ought | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 avoided | aux |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 avoided | mark |
| 9 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 10 avoided | aux:pass |
| 10 | avoided | avoid | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 aggravates | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | aggravate | present | Enquiry | the situation | invariably property | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus situation=Experiencer | |||
| 2 | avoid | ought · passive | Enquiry not said here | vn avoid-52 «NP V S_ING» |
Option 3
The worst interpretation is invariably the correct one
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 interpretation | det |
| 2 | worst | bad | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 3 interpretation | amod |
| 3 | interpretation | interpretation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 one | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 one | cop |
| 5 | invariably | invariably | ADV | _ | 8 one | advmod |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 one | det |
| 7 | correct | correct | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 one | amod |
| 8 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the worst interpretation | the correct one | invariably property | tree rules |
Option 4
Exclusion from an occasion is in all cases deliberate
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Exclusion | exclusion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 cases | nsubj |
| 2 | from | from | ADP | _ | 4 occasion | case |
| 3 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 occasion | det |
| 4 | occasion | occasion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Exclusion | nmod |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 cases | cop |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 cases | case |
| 7 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 cases | det |
| 8 | cases | case | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 9 | deliberate | deliberate | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 cases | amod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Exclusion from a occasion | all cases | tree rules |
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