Exam question 4 · Virtues: courage, responsibility, rights and duties

Ascertain which of the following constitutes an example of owning up.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: ascertain, follow, be, own up

This is exam question 4 of lesson 35 «Virtues: courage, responsibility, rights and duties» 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 example	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	8 example	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 example	det
5	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 example	case
6	constitutes	constitute	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 example	cop
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 example	det
8	example	example	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obl
9	of	of	SCONJ	_	10 owning	mark
10	owning	own	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 example	advcl
11	up	up	ADP	_	10 owning	compound:prt
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here		vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
2	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	is	present		of the example	tree rules
4	own up	gerund			vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot

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

A pupil admitting to a teacher that he broke a ruler

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 pupil	det
2	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 broke	nsubj
3	admitting	admit	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 pupil	acl
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 teacher	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 teacher	det
6	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 admitting	obl
7	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 broke	mark
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 broke	nsubj
9	broke	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 ruler	det
11	ruler	ruler	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 broke	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	admit speech: other	gerund	a pupil not said here		a teacher				vn confess-37.10 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to teacher=Recipient
2	break	past	a pupil	a ruler					vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ruler=Patient

Option 2

A pupil purchasing a new ruler in secret

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 pupil	det
2	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	purchasing	purchase	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 pupil	acl
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 ruler	det
5	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 ruler	amod
6	ruler	ruler	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 purchasing	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 secret	case
8	secret	secret	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 purchasing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	purchase	gerund	a pupil not said here	a new ruler		secret			vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset ruler=Theme

Option 3

A pupil concealing the pieces of a broken ruler

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 pupil	det
2	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	concealing	conceal	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 pupil	acl
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 pieces	det
5	pieces	piece	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 concealing	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 ruler	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 ruler	det
8	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 ruler	amod
9	ruler	ruler	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pieces	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conceal	gerund	a pupil not said here	the pieces of a broken ruler					vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent piece=Patient
2	break	participle							vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Option 4

A pupil reporting to the teacher that another pupil broke a ruler

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 pupil	det
2	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 broke	nsubj
3	reporting	report	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 pupil	acl
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 teacher	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 teacher	det
6	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reporting	obl
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 pupil	nsubj
8	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	9 pupil	det
9	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 teacher	conj
10	broke	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 ruler	det
12	ruler	ruler	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 broke	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	report	gerund	a pupil not said here		to the teacher and another pupil	vn subordinate-95.2.1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to teacher=Co-Agent
2	pupil		that			tree rules
3	break	past	a pupil	a ruler		vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ruler=Patient

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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