Exam question 3 · Please, thank you, sorry, okay

Ascertain the circumstances in which proBAch is properly employed.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: ascertain, employ · To what, where: circumstances, proBAch

This is exam question 3 of lesson 3 «Please, thank you, sorry, okay» of the Ukrainian street 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	3 circumstances	det
3	circumstances	circumstance	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Ascertain	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	6 proBAch	det
6	proBAch	probach	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 employed	nsubj:pass
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 employed	aux
8	properly	properly	ADV	_	9 employed	advmod
9	employed	employ	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 circumstances	acl:relcl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the circumstances					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent circumstance=Topic
2	employ	present · passive		which proBAch				properly property	vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: subject=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 · ✓ the right answer

Following a genuine quarrel in which another person has been hurt

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 quarrel	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 quarrel	det
3	genuine	genuine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 quarrel	amod
4	quarrel	quarrel	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 hurt	obl
7	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	8 person	det
8	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 hurt	nsubj:pass
9	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 hurt	aux
10	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	11 hurt	aux:pass
11	hurt	hurt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 quarrel	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	hurt	present · perfect · passive		another person		a genuine quarrel			vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 2

When soliciting the attention of a shopkeeper

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	When	when	ADV	PronType=Int	2 soliciting	advmod
2	soliciting	solicit	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 attention	det
4	attention	attention	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 soliciting	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 shopkeeper	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 shopkeeper	det
7	shopkeeper	shopkeeper	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 attention	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	solicit	gerund		the attention of a shopkeeper					tree rules
2	attend		a shopkeeper						nom attention «cognition intransitive»: of=agent

Option 3

When expressing gratitude for a meal

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	When	when	ADV	PronType=Int	2 expressing	advmod
2	expressing	express	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	gratitude	gratitude	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 expressing	obj
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 meal	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 meal	det
6	meal	meal	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 expressing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	express	gerund		gratitude				for a meal	vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gratitude=Theme

Option 4

Upon a trivial collision with a stranger in a public thoroughfare

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Upon	upon	ADP	_	4 collision	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 collision	det
3	trivial	trivial	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 collision	amod
4	collision	collision	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 stranger	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 stranger	det
7	stranger	stranger	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 collision	nmod
8	in	in	ADP	_	11 thoroughfare	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 thoroughfare	det
10	public	public	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 thoroughfare	amod
11	thoroughfare	thoroughfare	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 stranger	nmod

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

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