Exam question 4 · I failed: the missed penalty, the lost race, the bad mark

In respect of the term "feedback" as applied to written work, determine which description is correct.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, description · What happens: apply, write, determine, be, respect · To what, where: respect, term

This is exam question 4 of lesson 24 «I failed: the missed penalty, the lost race, the bad mark» 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	15 determine	obl
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 term	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 term	det
5	term	term	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 respect	nmod
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 feedback	punct
7	feedback	feedback	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 term	appos
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 feedback	punct
9	as	as	SCONJ	_	10 applied	mark
10	applied	apply	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 determine	advcl
11	to	to	ADP	_	13 work	case
12	written	write	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 work	amod
13	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 applied	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 determine	punct
15	determine	determine	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
16	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	17 description	det
17	description	description	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 correct	nsubj
18	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 correct	cop
19	correct	correct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 determine	ccomp
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	15 determine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	apply	participle	you not said here			to written work	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	write	participle					vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	determine	imperative	you not said here		respect of the term		vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
4	is	present	which description			correct property	tree rules
5	respect			the term			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 · ✓ the right answer

Advice concerning the means by which the work may be improved

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Advice	advice	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 means	nsubj
2	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Advice	acl
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 concerning	obj
4	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 improved	obl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 work	det
8	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 improved	nsubj:pass
9	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 improved	aux
10	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	11 improved	aux:pass
11	improved	improve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 means	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	concern	gerund	Advice not said here	the	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus the=Experiencer
2	mean	present	Advice		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	improve	may · passive		the work	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient

Option 2

A penalty imposed for unsatisfactory performance

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 penalty	det
2	penalty	penalty	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	imposed	impose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 penalty	acl
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 performance	case
5	unsatisfactory	unsatisfactory	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 performance	amod
6	performance	performance	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 imposed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	impose	participle		a penalty not said here				for unsatisfactory performance	vn enforce-63 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 3

The return of the work unread to the pupil

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 return	det
2	return	return	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 unread	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 work	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 work	det
5	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 return	nmod
6	unread	unread	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 pupil	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 pupil	det
9	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 unread	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	return		the work						nom return «communication intransitive»: of=agent

Option 4

A numerical grade awarded without any comment

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 grade	det
2	numerical	numerical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 grade	amod
3	grade	grade	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	awarded	award	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 grade	acl
5	without	without	ADP	_	7 comment	case
6	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	7 comment	det
7	comment	comment	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 awarded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	award	participle		a numerical grade not said here				without any comment	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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