Exam question 3 · Virtues: honesty, fairness and kindness

Select the response that is consistent with the established definition of bullying.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, response · What happens: select, be, establish, define · To what, where: response, bullying

This is exam question 3 of lesson 34 «Virtues: honesty, fairness and kindness» of the religion ethics 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 consistent	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 consistent	cop
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	acl:relcl
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 definition	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 definition	det
9	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 definition	amod
10	definition	definition	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 consistent	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 bullying	case
12	bullying	bullying	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 definition	nmod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	is	present	the response		with the established definition of bullying; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	define			bullying		nom definition «communication 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

Competition in which one team is defeated by another

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Competition	competition	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 defeated	nsubj:pass
2	in	in	ADP	_	5 team	case
3	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 team	nsubj
4	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 team	compound
5	team	team	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Competition	nmod
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 defeated	aux:pass
7	defeated	defeat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	by	by	ADP	_	9 another	case
9	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	7 defeated	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	defeat	present · passive		Competition in one team				by another	tree rules

Option 2

Any instance in which a pupil is corrected by a teacher

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	2 instance	det
2	instance	instance	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 which	case
4	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 corrected	obl
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 pupil	det
6	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 corrected	nsubj:pass
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 corrected	aux:pass
8	corrected	correct	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 instance	acl:relcl
9	by	by	ADP	_	11 teacher	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 teacher	det
11	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 corrected	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	correct speech: disagree	present · passive	a teacher	a pupil		any instance			vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent subject=Patient

Option 3

A single disagreement between parties of equal standing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 disagreement	det
2	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 disagreement	amod
3	disagreement	disagreement	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	between	between	ADP	_	5 parties	case
5	parties	party	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 disagreement	nmod
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 standing	case
7	equal	equal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 standing	amod
8	standing	standing	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 parties	nmod

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

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Repeated harm inflicted upon a person who has difficulty defending himself or herself

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Repeated	repeat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 harm	amod
2	harm	harm	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	inflicted	inflict	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 harm	acl
4	upon	upon	ADP	_	6 person	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 person	det
6	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 inflicted	obl
7	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 has	nsubj
8	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 person	acl:relcl
9	difficulty	difficulty	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 has	obj
10	defending	defend	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 difficulty	acl
11	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	10 defending	obj
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 herself	cc
13	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	8 has	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	repeat	participle				vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	inflict	participle		Repeated harm not said here	upon a person	tree rules
3	have	present	a person	difficulty		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent difficulty=Patient
4	defend	gerund	difficulty not said here	person		vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Beneficiary

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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