Exam question 4 · Reading people in hard times: what's really behind the mea…
In respect of the saying "hurt people hurt people", determine which statement is correct.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: people, statement · What happens: hurt, determine, be, respect · To what, where: respect, people, saying · Speech: someone speaks here
This is exam question 4 of lesson 28 «Reading people in hard times: what's really behind the mean face» 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 | 7 hurt | obl |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 saying | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 saying | det |
| 5 | saying | saying | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 respect | nmod |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 hurt | punct |
| 7 | hurt | hurt | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 hurt | nsubj |
| 9 | hurt | hurt | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 hurt | parataxis |
| 10 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 hurt | obj |
| 11 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 people | punct |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 determine | punct |
| 13 | determine | determine | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 9 hurt | parataxis |
| 14 | which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 15 statement | det |
| 15 | statement | statement | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 correct | nsubj |
| 16 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 correct | cop |
| 17 | correct | correct | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 determine | ccomp |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 hurt | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hurt in a quote | past | respect of the saying | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | hurt in a quote | present | people | people | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | determine | infinitive | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 4 | be speech: disagree | present | which statement | correct property | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | respect | the saying | 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
It explains unkind conduct without excusing it
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 | 2 explains | nsubj |
| 2 | explains | explain | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | unkind | unkind | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 conduct | amod |
| 4 | conduct | conduct | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 explains | obj |
| 5 | without | without | SCONJ | _ | 6 excusing | mark |
| 6 | excusing | excuse | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 explains | advcl |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 excusing | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | explain speech: assert | present | It | unkind conduct | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conduct=Topic | ||||
| 2 | excuse | gerund | conduct | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
Option 2
It establishes that unkind conduct is wholly excused
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 | 2 establishes | nsubj |
| 2 | establishes | establish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 8 excused | mark |
| 4 | unkind | unkind | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 conduct | amod |
| 5 | conduct | conduct | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 excused | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 excused | aux:pass |
| 7 | wholly | wholly | ADV | _ | 8 excused | advmod |
| 8 | excused | excuse | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 establishes | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | establish | present | It | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot | |||||
| 2 | excuse | present · passive | unkind conduct | wholly property | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 3
It requires that unkind conduct be reciprocated
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 | 2 requires | nsubj |
| 2 | requires | require | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 7 reciprocated | mark |
| 4 | unkind | unkind | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 conduct | amod |
| 5 | conduct | conduct | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 reciprocated | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 7 reciprocated | aux:pass |
| 7 | reciprocated | reciprocate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 requires | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | require | present | It | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | reciprocate | infinitive · passive | unkind conduct | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: subject=Eventuality |
Option 4
It applies solely to persons who are physically injured
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 | 2 applies | nsubj |
| 2 | applies | apply | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | solely | solely | ADV | _ | 2 applies | advmod |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 persons | case |
| 5 | persons | person | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 applies | obl |
| 6 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 injured | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 injured | aux:pass |
| 8 | physically | physically | ADV | _ | 9 injured | advmod |
| 9 | injured | injure | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 persons | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | apply | present | It | to persons; solely property | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | injure | present · passive | persons | physically property | tree rules |
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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