Exam question 2 · Olympiad: reading hidden feelings in hard times ★★★

Where a pupil describes a visibly bleeding injury as "merely a scratch", determine the correct classification of the remark.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: pupil, you · What happens: describe, bleed, determine, classify · To what, where: bleeding injury, correct classification, remark

This is exam question 2 of lesson 31 «Olympiad: reading hidden feelings in hard times ★★★» 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	Where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	4 describes	advmod
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 pupil	det
3	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 describes	nsubj
4	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 determine	advcl
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 injury	det
6	visibly	visibly	ADV	_	7 bleeding	advmod
7	bleeding	bleed	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 injury	amod
8	injury	injury	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 describes	obj
9	as	as	ADP	_	13 scratch	case
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 scratch	punct
11	merely	merely	ADV	_	13 scratch	advmod
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 scratch	det
13	scratch	scratch	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 injury	nmod
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 scratch	punct
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 determine	punct
16	determine	determine	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 classification	det
18	correct	correct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 classification	amod
19	classification	classification	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 determine	obj
20	of	of	ADP	_	22 remark	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 remark	det
22	remark	remark	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 classification	nmod
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	16 determine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	describe	present	a pupil	a bleeding injury	as a scratch	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent injury=Theme as scratch=Attribute
2	bleed	gerund			visibly property	vn substance_emission-43.4-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Source
3	determine	imperative	you not said here	the correct classification of the remark		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent classification=Topic
4	classify			the remark		nom classification «act 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

Understatement, warranting a check and an adult

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Understatement	understatement	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 warranting	punct
3	warranting	warrant	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Understatement	conj
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 check	det
5	check	check	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 warranting	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 adult	cc
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 adult	det
8	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 check	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	warrant	gerund		a check and a adult					tree rules

Option 2

A falsehood intended solely to deceive the teacher

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 falsehood	det
2	falsehood	falsehood	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	intended	intend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 falsehood	acl
4	solely	solely	ADV	_	3 intended	advmod
5	to	to	PART	_	6 deceive	mark
6	deceive	deceive	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 intended	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 teacher	det
8	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 deceive	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	intend	participle		a falsehood not said here				solely property	vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
2	deceive	to-infinitive		the teacher					vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent teacher=Patient

Option 3

An accurate description requiring no response

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 description	det
2	accurate	accurate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 description	amod
3	description	description	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	requiring	require	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 description	acl
5	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	6 response	det
6	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 requiring	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	gerund	a accurate description not said here	no response					vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme response=Precondition

Option 4

Hyperbole, warranting no further action whatsoever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hyperbole	hyperbole	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 warranting	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 warranting	punct
3	warranting	warrant	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	6 action	det
5	further	further	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 action	amod
6	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 warranting	obj
7	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	3 warranting	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	warrant	gerund	Hyperbole	no further action				whatsoever property	tree rules

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