Exam question 4 · Souls, ghosts and stories

Whereas a pupil makes a jest concerning the deceased grandmother of a classmate, ascertain the conduct most consistent with the matters taught.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: pupil, jest, matters · What happens: make, concern, decease, ascertain, teach · To what, where: jest, deceased grandmother, conduct

This is exam question 4 of lesson 74 «Souls, ghosts and stories» 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	Whereas	whereas	SCONJ	_	3 pupil	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 pupil	det
3	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 makes	nsubj
4	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 jest	det
6	jest	jest	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 makes	obj
7	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 jest	acl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 grandmother	det
9	deceased	decease	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 grandmother	amod
10	grandmother	grandmother	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 concerning	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 classmate	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 classmate	det
13	classmate	classmate	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 grandmother	nmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 ascertain	punct
15	ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 makes	conj
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 conduct	det
17	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 ascertain	obj
18	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	19 consistent	advmod
19	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 conduct	amod
20	with	with	SCONJ	_	23 taught	mark
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 matters	det
22	matters	matter	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 taught	nsubj
23	taught	teach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 consistent	advcl
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 makes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	make	present	a pupil	a jest	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jest=Product
2	concern	gerund	a jest not said here	the deceased grandmother of a classmate	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus grandmother=Experiencer
3	decease	participle			vn die-42.4 «NP V»: agent=Patient
4	ascertain	infinitive	a pupil not said here	the conduct	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conduct=Topic
5	teach speech: other	past	the matters		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=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

A repetition of the jest in a louder voice

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 repetition	det
2	repetition	repetition	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 jest	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 jest	det
5	jest	jest	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 repetition	nmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 voice	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 voice	det
8	louder	loud	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	9 voice	amod
9	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 repetition	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	repeat		the jest			a louder voice			nom repetition «event intransitive»: of=agent in=place

Option 2

A complaint to the head teacher by the pupil who jested

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 complaint	det
2	complaint	complaint	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	6 teacher	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 teacher	det
5	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 teacher	compound
6	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 complaint	nmod
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 pupil	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 pupil	det
9	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 complaint	nmod
10	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 jested	nsubj
11	jested	jest	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 pupil	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	jest speech: other	past	the pupil						vn chit_chat-37.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	complain		the pupil					to the head teacher	nom complaint «state intransitive»: to=obl by=agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

An apology and greater care in respect of such jests

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 apology	det
2	apology	apology	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 care	cc
4	greater	great	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 care	amod
5	care	care	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 apology	conj
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 respect	case
7	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 apology	nmod
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 jests	case
9	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 jests	amod
10	jests	jest	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 respect	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	respect			such jests					nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

A rebuke of the classmate for want of humour

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 rebuke	det
2	rebuke	rebuke	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 classmate	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 classmate	det
5	classmate	classmate	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rebuke	nmod
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 want	case
7	want	want	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 classmate	nmod
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 humour	case
9	humour	humour	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 want	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rebuke			the classmate for want of humour					nom rebuke «communication transitive»: of=patient
2	want			humour					nom want «state transitive»: of=patient

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