Exam question 2 · Olympiad: thinking traps and what helps first ★★★

Determine the steps which should ordinarily precede the making of amends after a distressing incident.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, steps, amends · What happens: determine, precede, distress, make · To what, where: steps, making

This is exam question 2 of lesson 32 «Olympiad: thinking traps and what helps first ★★★» 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	Determine	determine	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 steps	det
3	steps	step	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Determine	obj
4	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 precede	nsubj
5	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 precede	aux
6	ordinarily	ordinarily	ADV	_	7 precede	advmod
7	precede	precede	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 steps	acl:relcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 making	det
9	making	making	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 precede	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 amends	case
11	amends	amend	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 making	nmod
12	after	after	ADP	_	15 incident	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 incident	det
14	distressing	distress	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	15 incident	amod
15	incident	incident	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 precede	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Determine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	determine	imperative	you not said here	the steps			vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent step=Topic
2	precede	should	the steps	the making of amends	after a distressing incident	ordinarily property	vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme making=Co-Theme
3	distress	gerund					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
4	make		amends				nom making «act intransitive»: of=agent

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

Undertaking full repair before any feelings have subsided

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Undertaking	undertake	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 repair	amod
3	repair	repair	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Undertaking	obj
4	before	before	SCONJ	_	8 subsided	mark
5	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	6 feelings	det
6	feelings	feeling	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 subsided	nsubj
7	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 subsided	aux
8	subsided	subside	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	1 Undertaking	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	undertake	gerund		full repair					vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent repair=Eventuality
2	subside	present · perfect	any feelings						vn entity_specific_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 2

Concealing the incident until such time as it is forgotten

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Concealing	conceal	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 incident	det
3	incident	incident	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Concealing	obj
4	until	until	ADP	_	6 time	case
5	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 time	amod
6	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Concealing	obl
7	as	as	SCONJ	_	10 forgotten	mark
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 forgotten	nsubj:pass
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 forgotten	aux:pass
10	forgotten	forget	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Concealing	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conceal	gerund		the incident			time		vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent incident=Patient
2	forget	present · passive		incident					tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Attaining calm and informing a trusted adult

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Attaining	attain	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	calm	calm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Attaining	xcomp
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 informing	cc
4	informing	inform	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Attaining	conj
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 adult	det
6	trusted	trust	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 adult	amod
7	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 informing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	to whom	other	roles by
1	attain	gerund		calm property	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	inform speech: other	gerund	a trusted adult		vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient
3	trust	participle			vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Reviewing the incident at length during the night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Reviewing	review	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 incident	det
3	incident	incident	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Reviewing	obj
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 length	case
5	length	length	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Reviewing	obl
6	during	during	ADP	_	8 night	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 night	det
8	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Reviewing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	review	gerund		the incident		length	night		vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent incident=Theme

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