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description: Which of the following most accurately characterises the method "two stars and a wish"? Exam question 2 of lesson 38 «Praise and criticism: giving and taking feedback» of the arts course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choi
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# Exam question 2 · Praise and criticism: giving and taking feedback

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Which of the following most accurately characterises the method "two stars and a wish"?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** method

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 38 «Praise and criticism: giving and taking feedback» of the arts 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/arts/38-praise-and-criticism-giving-and-taking-feedback/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:38-praise-and-criticism-giving-and-taking-feedback:e2:1
# text = Which of the following most accurately characterises the method "two stars and a wish"?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	6	advmod	_	_
6	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	method	method	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	_
12	stars	star	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	appos	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	wish	wish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 method |  |  |  | accurately *property* | tree rules |

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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 {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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A rating of two points out of a maximum of five

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:38-praise-and-criticism-giving-and-taking-feedback:e2:o1:1
# text = A rating of two points out of a maximum of five
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	rating	rating	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	points	point	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	out	out	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	maximum	maximum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rate** |  |  | two points out a maximum of five |  |  |  |  | nom rating «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A penalty imposed for unsatisfactory work

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:38-praise-and-criticism-giving-and-taking-feedback:e2:o2:1
# text = A penalty imposed for unsatisfactory work
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	penalty	penalty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	imposed	impose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	unsatisfactory	unsatisfactory	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **impose** | participle |  | a penalty *not said here* |  |  |  | for unsatisfactory work | vn enforce-63 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A wish expressed by the teacher for a better pupil

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:38-praise-and-criticism-giving-and-taking-feedback:e2:o3:1
# text = A wish expressed by the teacher for a better pupil
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	wish	wish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	expressed	express	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	10	amod	_	_
10	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **express** | participle |  | a wish *not said here* |  |  |  | by the teacher; for a better pupil | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Two commendations and one suggestion for improvement

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:38-praise-and-criticism-giving-and-taking-feedback:e2:o4:1
# text = Two commendations and one suggestion for improvement
1	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	commendations	commendation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	suggestion	suggestion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	improvement	improvement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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**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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