Exam question 4 · Promises, memory and keeping each other safe

Whereas a pupil mocks a classmate concerning the death of her mother, ascertain the conduct most consistent with the matters taught.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: pupil, classmate, you, matters, mother · What happens: mock, concern, ascertain, teach, die · To what, where: classmate, death, conduct

This is exam question 4 of lesson 79 «Promises, memory and keeping each other safe» 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	_	4 mocks	mark
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 pupil	det
3	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 mocks	nsubj
4	mocks	mock	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 ascertain	advcl
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 classmate	det
6	classmate	classmate	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 mocks	obj
7	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 classmate	acl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 death	det
9	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 concerning	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 mother	case
11	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 mother	nmod:poss
12	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 death	nmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 ascertain	punct
14	ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 conduct	det
16	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 ascertain	obj
17	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	18 consistent	advmod
18	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 conduct	amod
19	with	with	SCONJ	_	22 taught	mark
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 matters	det
21	matters	matter	NOUN	Number=Plur	22 taught	nsubj
22	taught	teach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 consistent	advcl
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	14 ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	mock	present	a pupil	a classmate	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent classmate=Theme
2	concern	gerund	a classmate not said here	the death of pupil's mother	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus death=Experiencer
3	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the conduct	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conduct=Topic
4	teach speech: other	past	the matters		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	die		pupil's mother		nom death «event 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

The matter ought to be concealed from all adults

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 matter	det
2	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 concealed	nsubj:pass
3	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 concealed	aux
4	to	to	PART	_	6 concealed	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 concealed	aux:pass
6	concealed	conceal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 adults	case
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 adults	det
9	adults	adult	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 concealed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conceal	ought · passive		the matter				from all adults	vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Patient from adult=Beneficiary

Option 2

The classmate ought to retaliate by force, so as to deter any repetition

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 classmate	det
2	classmate	classmate	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 retaliate	nsubj
3	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 retaliate	aux
4	to	to	PART	_	5 retaliate	mark
5	retaliate	retaliate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 force	case
7	force	force	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 retaliate	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 deter	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	12 deter	advmod
10	as	as	SCONJ	_	12 deter	mark
11	to	to	PART	_	12 deter	mark
12	deter	deter	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 retaliate	conj
13	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	14 repetition	det
14	repetition	repetition	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 deter	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	retaliate	ought	the classmate					by force	vn rebel-71.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	deter	to-infinitive	the classmate not said here	any repetition					vn discourage-64.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer repetition=Eventuality

Option 3

The classmate ought to join in the mockery

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 classmate	det
2	classmate	classmate	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 join	nsubj
3	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 join	aux
4	to	to	PART	_	5 join	mark
5	join	join	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 mockery	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 mockery	det
8	mockery	mockery	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 join	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	join	ought	the classmate					in the mockery	vn cooperate-73.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in mockery=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The matter ought to be reported to a teacher forthwith

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 matter	det
2	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 reported	nsubj:pass
3	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 reported	aux
4	to	to	PART	_	6 reported	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 reported	aux:pass
6	reported	report	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 teacher	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 teacher	det
9	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 reported	obl
10	forthwith	forthwith	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 teacher	amod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	report	ought · passive		the matter	a teacher				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Topic to teacher=Recipient

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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