Exam question 4 · Keeping promises

Ascertain the principal reason for which a pupil ought to inform neighbours that their cat was not fed, notwithstanding that the omission is unknown to them.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, pupil, omission · What happens: ascertain, inform, not feed, notwithstand, be · To what, where: principal reason, neighbours, cat

This is exam question 4 of lesson 86 «Keeping promises» 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	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 Ascertain	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 inform	obl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 pupil	det
8	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 inform	nsubj
9	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 inform	aux
10	to	to	PART	_	11 inform	mark
11	inform	inform	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 reason	acl:relcl
12	neighbours	neighbour	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 inform	obj
13	that	that	SCONJ	_	18 fed	mark
14	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 cat	nmod:poss
15	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 fed	nsubj:pass
16	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 fed	aux:pass
17	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	18 fed	advmod
18	fed	feed	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 inform	advcl
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 notwithstanding	punct
20	notwithstanding	notwithstand	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	18 fed	advcl
21	that	that	SCONJ	_	25 unknown	mark
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 omission	det
23	omission	omission	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 unknown	nsubj
24	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	25 unknown	cop
25	unknown	unknown	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 notwithstanding	ccomp
26	to	to	ADP	_	27 them	case
27	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 unknown	obl
28	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the principal reason			vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Topic
2	inform speech: other	ought	a pupil	neighbours		for the principal reason	vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent neighbour=Recipient
3	not feed	past · passive		neighbours's cat			vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient
4	notwithstand	gerund					tree rules
5	is	present	the omission		neighbours = neighbour	unknown 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 neighbours are certain to discover the omission in any event

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 neighbours	det
2	neighbours	neighbour	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 certain	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 certain	cop
4	certain	certain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 discover	mark
6	discover	discover	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 certain	xcomp
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 omission	det
8	omission	omission	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 discover	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 event	case
10	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	11 event	det
11	event	event	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 discover	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the neighbours					certain property	tree rules
2	discover	to-infinitive	the neighbours not said here	the omission		any event			vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent omission=Topic

Option 2

The omission is of no consequence and requires no mention

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 omission	det
2	omission	omission	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 consequence	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 consequence	cop
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 consequence	case
5	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	6 consequence	det
6	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 requires	cc
8	requires	require	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 consequence	conj
9	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	10 mention	det
10	mention	mention	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 requires	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the omission					of no consequence	tree rules
2	require	present	the omission not said here	no mention					vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme mention=Precondition

Option 3

The pupil is thereby relieved of all further duties for the week

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 pupil	det
2	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 relieved	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 relieved	cop
4	thereby	thereby	ADV	_	5 relieved	advmod
5	relieved	relieved	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 duties	case
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 duties	det
8	further	further	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 duties	amod
9	duties	duty	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 relieved	obl
10	for	for	ADP	_	12 week	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 week	det
12	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 duties	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the pupil					of all further duties for the week; relieved, thereby property	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The welfare of the animal may require attention, and candour preserves the neighbours' trust

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 welfare	det
2	welfare	welfare	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 require	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 animal	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 animal	det
5	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 welfare	nmod
6	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 require	aux
7	require	require	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	attention	attention	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 require	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 preserves	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 preserves	cc
11	candour	candour	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 preserves	nsubj
12	preserves	preserve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 require	conj
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 neighbours	det
14	neighbours	neighbour	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 trust	nmod:poss
15	'	's	PART	_	14 neighbours	case
16	trust	trust	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 preserves	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	require	may	the welfare of the animal	attention	vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme attention=Precondition
2	preserve	present	candour	the neighbours's trust	vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trust=Beneficiary
3	trust		the neighbours		nom trust «possession intransitive»: poss=agent

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