Exam question 2 · The whole class punished, and "you didn't say no"

Select the response consistent with the established principles concerning the absence of a reply to a request.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established principles · What happens: select, establish, concern, absent · To what, where: response, absence, reply

This is exam question 2 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 principles	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 principles	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 principles	amod
8	principles	principle	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 principles	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 absence	det
11	absence	absence	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 reply	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 reply	det
14	reply	reply	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 absence	nmod
15	to	to	ADP	_	17 request	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 request	det
17	request	request	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 reply	nmod
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established principles not said here	the absence of a reply to a request		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus absence=Experiencer
4	absent			a reply to a request		nom absence «state 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

Silence constitutes consent in all cases

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Silence	silence	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 constitutes	compound
2	constitutes	constitute	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 consent	nsubj
3	consent	consent	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 cases	case
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 cases	det
6	cases	case	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 consent	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consent	present	Silence constitutes			all cases			vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Silence constitutes refusal in all cases

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Silence	silence	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 constitutes	nsubj
2	constitutes	constitute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	refusal	refusal	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 constitutes	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 cases	case
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 cases	det
6	cases	case	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 constitutes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	constitute	present	Silence	refusal		all cases			vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme refusal=Pivot

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Silence does not constitute consent

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Silence	silence	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 constitute	nsubj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 constitute	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 constitute	advmod
4	constitute	constitute	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	consent	consent	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 constitute	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not constitute	present · do-support	Silence	consent					vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme consent=Pivot

Option 4

Silence constitutes a binding promise

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Silence	silence	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 constitutes	nsubj
2	constitutes	constitute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 promise	det
4	binding	binding	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 promise	compound
5	promise	promise	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 constitutes	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	constitute	present	Silence	a binding promise					vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme promise=Pivot

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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