Exam question 4 · Bets, dares and silly reasons

Which of the following most accurately characterises the assertion "If you do not do it, you are scared"?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: follow, characteris, not do, be · To what, where: assertion

This is exam question 4 of lesson 169 «Bets, dares and silly 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	7 characterises	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 characterises	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 characterises	csubj
5	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	6 accurately	advmod
6	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	7 characterises	advmod
7	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 assertion	det
9	assertion	assertion	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 characterises	obj
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	15 do	punct
11	If	if	SCONJ	_	15 do	mark
12	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	15 do	nsubj
13	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 do	aux
14	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 do	advmod
15	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 characterises	ccomp
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 do	obj
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 scared	punct
18	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	20 scared	nsubj
19	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 scared	cop
20	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 do	conj
21	"	"	PUNCT	_	15 do	punct
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the assertion	accurately property	tree rules
3	not do a condition, not said to happen, in a quote	present · do-support	you	assertion		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality
4	is in a quote	present	you		scared property	tree rules

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

A false choice which ignores other reasons for refusal

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 choice	det
2	false	false	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 choice	amod
3	choice	choice	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 ignores	nsubj
5	ignores	ignore	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 choice	acl:relcl
6	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 reasons	amod
7	reasons	reason	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 ignores	obj
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 refusal	case
9	refusal	refusal	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 ignores	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ignore	present	a false choice	other reasons				for refusal	vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Theme

Option 2

A statement supported by evidence

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 statement	det
2	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	supported	support	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 statement	acl
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 evidence	case
5	evidence	evidence	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 supported	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	support	participle		a statement not said here				by evidence	vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3

A binding wager agreed by both parties

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 wager	det
2	binding	binding	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wager	compound
3	wager	wager	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	agreed	agree	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 wager	acl
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 parties	case
6	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	7 parties	det
7	parties	party	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 agreed	obl:agent

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	agree speech: agree	participle		a binding wager not said here					vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

A fair test of courage

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 test	det
2	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 test	amod
3	test	test	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 courage	case
5	courage	courage	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 test	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	test			courage					nom test «cognition 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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