Exam question 1 · "Because I said so" and other dead-end reasons

Identify the principal deficiency of the response "Because I said so" when offered in reply to the question "Why?".

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, I · What happens: identify, say, offer · To what, where: principal deficiency, reply · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 1 of lesson 163 «"Because I said so" and other dead-end reasons» of the world 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 deficiency	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 deficiency	amod
4	deficiency	deficiency	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 response	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 response	det
7	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 deficiency	nmod
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 said	punct
9	Because	because	SCONJ	_	11 said	mark
10	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	11 said	nsubj
11	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Identify	parataxis
12	so	so	ADV	_	11 said	advmod
13	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 said	punct
14	when	when	SCONJ	_	15 offered	mark
15	offered	offer	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 said	advcl
16	in	in	ADP	_	17 reply	case
17	reply	reply	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 offered	obl
18	to	to	ADP	_	20 question	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 question	det
20	question	question	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 reply	nmod
21	"	"	PUNCT	_	22 Why	punct
22	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	20 question	advmod
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	22 Why	punct
24	"	"	PUNCT	_	22 Why	punct
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal deficiency of the response		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent deficiency=Theme clause=Attribute
2	say speech: assert in a quote	past	I			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	offer	participle	I not said here		reply to the question	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: 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 right answer

It identifies the person deciding but supplies no reason

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 identifies	nsubj
2	identifies	identify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 person	det
4	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 identifies	obj
5	deciding	decide	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 identifies	advcl
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 supplies	cc
7	supplies	supply	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 identifies	conj
8	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	9 reason	det
9	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 supplies	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	identify	present	It	the person	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent person=Theme
2	decide	gerund			vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	supply	present		no reason	vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Recipient

Option 2

It relies too heavily upon scientific evidence that a child cannot follow

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 relies	nsubj
2	relies	rely	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	too	too	ADV	_	4 heavily	advmod
4	heavily	heavily	ADV	_	2 relies	advmod
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 evidence	case
6	scientific	scientific	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 evidence	amod
7	evidence	evidence	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 relies	obl
8	that	that	SCONJ	_	13 follow	mark
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 child	det
10	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 follow	nsubj
11	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 follow	aux
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 follow	advmod
13	follow	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 evidence	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rely	present	It					upon scientific evidence; heavily property	vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S_ING»: agent=Agent
2	not follow	can	a child	scientific evidence not said here					vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent evidence=Theme

Option 3

It contradicts the established bedtime

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 contradicts	nsubj
2	contradicts	contradict	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 bedtime	det
4	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 bedtime	amod
5	bedtime	bedtime	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 contradicts	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	contradict	present	It	the established bedtime					tree rules
2	establish	participle							vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot

Option 4

It is excessively detailed for a child

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 detailed	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 detailed	cop
3	excessively	excessively	ADV	_	4 detailed	advmod
4	detailed	detailed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 child	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 child	det
7	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 detailed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					for a child; detailed, excessively property	tree rules

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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