Exam question 4 · Disappointed: when things don't go the way you hoped

In respect of the term "subjective" as applied to the judging of artwork, determine which description is correct.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, description · What happens: apply, determine, be, respect, judge · To what, where: respect, term, artwork

This is exam question 4 of lesson 25 «Disappointed: when things don't go the way you hoped» 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	17 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 subjective	punct
7	subjective	subjective	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 term	appos
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 subjective	punct
9	as	as	SCONJ	_	10 applied	mark
10	applied	apply	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	17 determine	advcl
11	to	to	ADP	_	13 judging	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 judging	det
13	judging	judging	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 applied	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 artwork	case
15	artwork	artwork	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 judging	nmod
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 determine	punct
17	determine	determine	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
18	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	19 description	det
19	description	description	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 correct	nsubj
20	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 correct	cop
21	correct	correct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 determine	ccomp
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	17 determine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	apply	participle	you not said here			to the judging of artwork	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	determine	imperative	you not said here		respect of the term		vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	is	present	which description			correct property	tree rules
4	respect			the term			nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient
5	judge			artwork			nom judging «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

Indicative of deliberate dishonesty by the judges

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Indicative	indicative	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 dishonesty	case
3	deliberate	deliberate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 dishonesty	amod
4	dishonesty	dishonesty	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Indicative	nmod
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 judges	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 judges	det
7	judges	judge	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Indicative	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2

Determined by a fixed and universal rule that all judges must apply

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Determined	determine	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	by	by	ADP	_	7 rule	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 rule	det
4	fixed	fix	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 rule	amod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 universal	cc
6	universal	universal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 fixed	conj
7	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Determined	obl
8	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 apply	obj
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	10 judges	det
10	judges	judge	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 apply	nsubj
11	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 apply	aux
12	apply	apply	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 rule	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	determine	participle			by a fixed rule	vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	fix	participle				vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
3	apply	must	all judges	a fixed rule		vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Dependent upon the preferences of the individual judging

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dependent	dependent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	upon	upon	ADP	_	4 preferences	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 preferences	det
4	preferences	preference	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Dependent	obl
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 judging	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 judging	det
7	individual	individual	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 judging	amod
8	judging	judging	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 preferences	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prefer			the individual judging					nom preference «feeling transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

Applicable solely to works of science

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Applicable	applicable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 works	amod
2	solely	solely	ADV	_	4 works	advmod
3	to	to	ADP	_	4 works	case
4	works	work	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 science	case
6	science	science	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 works	nmod

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

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