Exam question 2 · When it was my fault: owning up and making it right

Identify the course of conduct most consistent with integrity where a pupil has withdrawn from a commitment owing to fear.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, commitment · What happens: identify, withdraw, owe, fear · To what, where: course, pupil, commitment

This is exam question 2 of lesson 5 «When it was my fault: owning up and making it right» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 course	det
3	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 conduct	case
5	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 course	nmod
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 consistent	advmod
7	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 conduct	amod
8	with	with	ADP	_	9 integrity	case
9	integrity	integrity	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 consistent	obl
10	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	14 withdrawn	advmod
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 pupil	det
12	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 withdrawn	nsubj:pass
13	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 withdrawn	aux
14	withdrawn	withdraw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 integrity	acl:relcl
15	from	from	ADP	_	17 commitment	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 commitment	det
17	commitment	commitment	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 withdrawn	obl
18	owing	owe	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	17 commitment	acl
19	to	to	PART	_	20 fear	mark
20	fear	fear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 owing	xcomp
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the course of conduct		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent course=Theme
2	withdraw	present · perfect · passive		a pupil	a commitment	vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP PP»: subject=Theme from commitment=Initial_Location
3	owe	gerund	a commitment not said here			tree rules
4	fear	to-infinitive	a commitment not said here			vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

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

Attribution of the withdrawal to another participant

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Attribution	attribution	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 withdrawal	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 withdrawal	det
4	withdrawal	withdrawal	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Attribution	nmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 participant	case
6	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	7 participant	det
7	participant	participant	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 withdrawal	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	attribute			the withdrawal to another participant					nom attribution «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

Fabrication of an illness in order to avoid embarrassment

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fabrication	fabrication	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 illness	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 illness	case
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 illness	det
4	illness	illness	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	in	in	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	8 avoid	mark
6	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 in	fixed
7	to	to	PART	_	8 avoid	mark
8	avoid	avoid	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 illness	acl
9	embarrassment	embarrassment	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 avoid	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	avoid	to-infinitive		embarrassment					vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent embarrassment=Location

Option 3

Silence pending the discovery of the absence by others

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Silence	silence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	pending	pend	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Silence	acl
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 discovery	det
4	discovery	discovery	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pending	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 absence	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 absence	det
7	absence	absence	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 discovery	nmod
8	by	by	ADP	_	9 others	case
9	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 pending	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pend	gerund	Silence not said here	the discovery of the absence				by others	tree rules
2	discover			the absence					nom discovery «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Candid acknowledgement of the fear to the responsible adult

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Candid	candid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 acknowledgement	amod
2	acknowledgement	acknowledgement	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 fear	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 fear	det
5	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 acknowledgement	nmod
6	to	to	ADP	_	9 adult	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 adult	det
8	responsible	responsible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 adult	amod
9	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fear	nmod

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

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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