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Exam question 2 · Fighting fair: no straw men, no moving goalposts, no eithe…

It is given that a parent proposed a reduction in screen time on school nights and that the child replied that the parent wished him never to have fun again. Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the reply?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: parent, child · What happens: give, propose, reply, wish, not have, follow · To what, where: It, reduction, child, fun, reply

This is exam question 2 of lesson 189 «Fighting fair: no straw men, no moving goalposts, no either-or» 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

Sentence 1: It is given that a parent proposed a reduction in screen time on school nights and that the child replied that the parent wished him never to have fun again.

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	3 given	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 proposed	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 parent	det
6	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 proposed	nsubj
7	proposed	propose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 given	advcl
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 reduction	det
9	reduction	reduction	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 proposed	obj
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 time	case
11	screen	screen	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 time	compound
12	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 proposed	obl
13	on	on	ADP	_	15 nights	case
14	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 nights	compound
15	nights	night	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 time	nmod
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 replied	cc
17	that	that	SCONJ	_	20 replied	mark
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 child	det
19	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 replied	nsubj
20	replied	reply	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 proposed	conj
21	that	that	SCONJ	_	24 wished	mark
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 parent	det
23	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 wished	nsubj
24	wished	wish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 replied	advcl
25	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 wished	obj
26	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	28 have	advmod
27	to	to	PART	_	28 have	mark
28	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	24 wished	xcomp
29	fun	fun	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 have	obj
30	again	again	ADV	_	28 have	advmod
31	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present · passive		It					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	propose	past	a parent	a reduction			time		vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reduction=Theme
3	reply speech: assert	past	the child						vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	wish	past	the parent	child					tree rules
5	not have not said to happen	to-infinitive	the parent not said here	fun			again		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fun=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.

Sentence 2: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the reply?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 reply	det
10	reply	reply	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	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	characteris	present		the reply				of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

It restates the proposal accurately

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 restates	nsubj
2	restates	restate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 proposal	det
4	proposal	proposal	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 restates	obj
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	2 restates	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	restate	present	It	the proposal				accurately property	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It misrepresents the proposal as more extreme than it was

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 misrepresents	nsubj
2	misrepresents	misrepresent	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 proposal	det
4	proposal	proposal	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 misrepresents	obj
5	as	as	ADV	_	6 more	advmod
6	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	7 extreme	advmod
7	extreme	extreme	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 misrepresents	ccomp
8	than	than	ADP	_	9 it	case
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 extreme	obl
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 misrepresents	cop

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	It					misrepresent property	tree rules

Option 3

It identifies a third option

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	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 option	det
4	third	third	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	5 option	amod
5	option	option	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 identifies	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	present	It	a third option					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent option=Theme

Option 4

It accepts the proposal without objection

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 accepts	nsubj
2	accepts	accept	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 proposal	det
4	proposal	proposal	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 accepts	obj
5	without	without	ADP	_	6 objection	case
6	objection	objection	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 accepts	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	accept	present	It	the proposal				without objection	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent proposal=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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