Exam question 1 · The whole class punished, and "you didn't say no"
Identify the term properly applied to the punishment of an entire class for an act committed by one unidentified pupil.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, apply, commit, unidentify, punish · To what, where: term, act, entire class
This is exam question 1 of lesson 168 «The whole class punished, and "you didn't say no"» 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 | 3 term | det |
| 3 | term | term | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Identify | obj |
| 4 | properly | properly | ADV | _ | 5 applied | advmod |
| 5 | applied | apply | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 term | acl |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 punishment | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 punishment | det |
| 8 | punishment | punishment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 applied | obl |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 class | case |
| 10 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 class | det |
| 11 | entire | entire | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 class | amod |
| 12 | class | class | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 punishment | nmod |
| 13 | for | for | ADP | _ | 15 act | case |
| 14 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 act | det |
| 15 | act | act | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 class | nmod |
| 16 | committed | commit | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 15 act | acl |
| 17 | by | by | ADP | _ | 20 pupil | case |
| 18 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 20 pupil | nummod |
| 19 | unidentified | unidentify | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 20 pupil | amod |
| 20 | pupil | pupil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 committed | obl |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Identify | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | identify | imperative | you not said here | the term | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent term=Theme | ||||
| 2 | apply | participle | the term not said here | to the punishment of a entire class for a act; properly property | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | commit | participle | a act not said here | by one unidentified pupil | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | unidentify | participle | tree rules | ||||||
| 5 | punish | a entire class for a act | nom punishment «act transitive»: of=patient |
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
Collective punishment
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Collective | collective | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 punishment | amod |
| 2 | punishment | punishment | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
Guilt by association
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guilt | guilt | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | by | by | ADP | _ | 3 association | case |
| 3 | association | association | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Guilt | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Equivocation
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Equivocation | equivocation | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
Moving the goalposts
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Moving | move | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 goalposts | det |
| 3 | goalposts | goalpost | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Moving | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | move | gerund | the goalposts | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent goalpost=Theme |
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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