Exam question 3 · Kind truths: honesty with a gentle voice

Given that a friend is to perform publicly on the following day, identify the course of action most consistent with the counsel of coaches as cited.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: friend · What happens: give, be, follow, identify, cite · To what, where: course

This is exam question 3 of lesson 84 «Kind truths: honesty with a gentle voice» 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	Given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 perform	advcl
2	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 perform	mark
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 friend	det
4	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 perform	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 perform	cop
6	to	to	PART	_	7 perform	mark
7	perform	perform	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	publicly	publicly	ADV	_	7 perform	advmod
9	on	on	ADP	_	12 day	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 day	det
11	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 day	amod
12	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 perform	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 identify	punct
14	identify	identify	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 perform	conj
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 course	det
16	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 identify	obj
17	of	of	ADP	_	18 action	case
18	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 course	nmod
19	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	20 consistent	advmod
20	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 action	amod
21	with	with	ADP	_	23 counsel	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 counsel	det
23	counsel	counsel	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 consistent	obl
24	of	of	ADP	_	25 coaches	case
25	coaches	coach	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 counsel	nmod
26	as	as	SCONJ	_	27 cited	mark
27	cited	cite	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 identify	advcl
28	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 perform	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	give	participle	a friend not said here				vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	is	present	a friend		day	perform, publicly property	tree rules
3	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	identify	infinitive	a friend not said here	the course of action			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent course=Theme
5	cite	participle	a friend not said here				vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: 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

The provision of extravagant false praise both before and after

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 provision	det
2	provision	provision	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 before	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 praise	case
4	extravagant	extravagant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 praise	amod
5	false	false	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 praise	amod
6	praise	praise	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 provision	nmod
7	both	both	CCONJ	_	8 before	cc:preconj
8	before	before	ADV	_	root	root
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 after	cc
10	after	after	ADV	_	8 before	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	provide		extravagant false praise						nom provision «communication intransitive»: of=agent

Option 2

The withdrawal of the friend from the performance without consultation

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 withdrawal	det
2	withdrawal	withdrawal	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 friend	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 friend	det
5	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 withdrawal	nmod
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 performance	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 performance	det
8	performance	performance	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 withdrawal	nmod
9	without	without	ADP	_	10 consultation	case
10	consultation	consultation	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 performance	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	withdraw			the friend		the performance without consultation			nom withdrawal «communication transitive»: of=patient from=place

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The provision of encouragement beforehand, candid criticism being reserved for a later occasion

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 provision	det
2	provision	provision	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 reserved	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 encouragement	case
4	encouragement	encouragement	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 provision	nmod
5	beforehand	beforehand	ADV	_	2 provision	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 criticism	punct
7	candid	candid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 criticism	amod
8	criticism	criticism	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 reserved	nsubj:pass
9	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 reserved	aux:pass
10	reserved	reserve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
11	for	for	ADP	_	14 occasion	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 occasion	det
13	later	late	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	14 occasion	amod
14	occasion	occasion	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 reserved	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reserve	gerund · passive		the provision of encouragement				for a later occasion	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Theme for occasion=Beneficiary
2	provide		encouragement						nom provision «communication intransitive»: of=agent

Option 4

The provision of severe criticism immediately prior to the performance

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 provision	det
2	provision	provision	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 criticism	case
4	severe	severe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 criticism	amod
5	criticism	criticism	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 provision	nmod
6	immediately	immediately	ADV	_	7 prior	advmod
7	prior	prior	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 criticism	amod
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 performance	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 performance	det
10	performance	performance	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 prior	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	provide		severe criticism						nom provision «communication intransitive»: of=agent

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