Exam question 3 · White lies: the ugly jumper and the bad drawing

Identify the principal reason for which a falsehood is unhelpful when a teacher sincerely solicits candid feedback.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, falsehood, teacher · What happens: identify, be, solicit · To what, where: principal reason, candid feedback

This is exam question 3 of lesson 83 «White lies: the ugly jumper and the bad drawing» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 reason	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reason	amod
4	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 unhelpful	obl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 falsehood	det
8	falsehood	falsehood	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 unhelpful	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 unhelpful	cop
10	unhelpful	unhelpful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reason	acl
11	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	15 solicits	advmod
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 teacher	det
13	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 solicits	nsubj
14	sincerely	sincerely	ADV	_	15 solicits	advmod
15	solicits	solicit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 unhelpful	advcl
16	candid	candid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 feedback	amod
17	feedback	feedback	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 solicits	obj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal reason		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	is	present	a falsehood		for the principal reason; unhelpful property	tree rules
3	solicit	present	a teacher	candid feedback	sincerely property	tree rules

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

The teacher is thereby deprived of the information required for improvement

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 teacher	det
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 deprived	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 deprived	aux:pass
4	thereby	thereby	ADV	_	5 deprived	advmod
5	deprived	deprive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 information	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 information	det
8	information	information	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 deprived	obl
9	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 information	acl
10	for	for	ADP	_	11 improvement	case
11	improvement	improvement	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 required	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	deprive	present · passive		the teacher				of the information; thereby property	vn deprive-10.6.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Source of information=Theme
2	require	participle		the information not said here				for improvement	vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Theme

Option 2

The teacher is thereby compelled to repeat the identical lesson verbatim

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 teacher	det
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 compelled	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 compelled	aux:pass
4	thereby	thereby	ADV	_	5 compelled	advmod
5	compelled	compel	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 repeat	mark
7	repeat	repeat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 compelled	xcomp
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 verbatim	det
9	identical	identical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 verbatim	amod
10	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 verbatim	compound
11	verbatim	verbatim	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 repeat	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	compel	present · passive		the teacher				thereby property	vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result
2	repeat	to-infinitive		the identical lesson verbatim					vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent verbatim=Eventuality

Option 3

The teacher is thereby obliged to impose a penalty upon the entire class for its want of candour

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 teacher	det
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 obliged	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 obliged	aux:pass
4	thereby	thereby	ADV	_	5 obliged	advmod
5	obliged	oblige	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 impose	mark
7	impose	impose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 obliged	xcomp
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 penalty	det
9	penalty	penalty	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 impose	obj
10	upon	upon	ADP	_	13 class	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 class	det
12	entire	entire	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 class	amod
13	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 impose	obl
14	for	for	ADP	_	16 want	case
15	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 want	nmod:poss
16	want	want	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 impose	obl
17	of	of	ADP	_	18 candour	case
18	candour	candour	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 want	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	oblige	present · passive		the teacher	thereby property	vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result
2	impose	to-infinitive		a penalty	upon the entire class; for teacher's want of candour	vn enforce-63 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent penalty=Theme
3	want		teacher	candour		nom want «state transitive»: poss=agent of=patient

Option 4

The teacher is thereby rendered unable to complete the lesson

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 teacher	det
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 rendered	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 rendered	aux:pass
4	thereby	thereby	ADV	_	5 rendered	advmod
5	rendered	render	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	unable	unable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 rendered	xcomp
7	to	to	PART	_	8 complete	mark
8	complete	complete	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 unable	xcomp
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 lesson	det
10	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 complete	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	render	present · passive		the teacher				thereby, unable property	vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	complete	to-infinitive		the lesson					vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lesson=Eventuality

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