Exam question 2 · Owning up when it is hard

Given that a guest damages an article belonging to the host, identify the course of action most consistent with this lesson.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, guest, article · What happens: give, damage, belong, identify · To what, where: article, course

This is exam question 2 of lesson 91 «Owning up when it is hard» 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	13 identify	advcl
2	that	that	SCONJ	_	5 damages	mark
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 guest	det
4	guest	guest	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 damages	nsubj
5	damages	damage	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Given	advcl
6	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 article	det
7	article	article	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 damages	obj
8	belonging	belong	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 article	acl
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 host	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 host	det
11	host	host	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 belonging	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Given	punct
13	identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 course	det
15	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 identify	obj
16	of	of	ADP	_	17 action	case
17	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 course	nmod
18	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	19 consistent	advmod
19	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 action	amod
20	with	with	ADP	_	22 lesson	case
21	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	22 lesson	det
22	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 consistent	obl
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	13 identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	give	participle	you not said here			vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	damage	present	a guest	a article		vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent article=Patient
3	belong	gerund	a article not said here		to the host	vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme
4	identify	imperative	you not said here	the course of action		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent course=Theme

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

Attribution of the damage to another member of the household

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Attribution	attribution	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 damage	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 damage	det
4	damage	damage	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Attribution	nmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 member	case
6	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	7 member	det
7	member	member	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 damage	nmod
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 household	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 household	det
10	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 member	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	attribute			the damage to another member of the household					nom attribution «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

Departure from the premises prior to the host's return

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Departure	departure	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	from	from	ADP	_	4 premises	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 premises	det
4	premises	premise	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Departure	nmod
5	prior	prior	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	10 return	case
6	to	to	ADP	_	5 prior	fixed
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 host	det
8	host	host	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 return	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 host	case
10	return	return	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 premises	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	return		the host						nom return «communication intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Disclosure to the host, together with an apology and notification of one's own parents

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Disclosure	disclosure	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	to	to	ADP	_	4 host	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 host	det
4	host	host	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Disclosure	nmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 apology	punct
6	together	together	ADV	_	9 apology	advmod
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 apology	case
8	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 apology	det
9	apology	apology	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 host	appos
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 notification	cc
11	notification	notification	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 apology	conj
12	of	of	ADP	_	16 parents	case
13	one	one	PRON	Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 parents	nmod:poss
14	's	's	PART	_	13 one	case
15	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 parents	amod
16	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 apology	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

Concealment of the damaged article in a receptacle for refuse

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Concealment	concealment	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 article	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 article	det
4	damaged	damage	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 article	amod
5	article	article	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Concealment	nmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 receptacle	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 receptacle	det
8	receptacle	receptacle	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 article	nmod
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 refuse	case
10	refuse	refuse	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 receptacle	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	damage	participle							vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	conceal			the damaged article in a receptacle for refuse					nom concealment «state transitive»: of=patient

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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