--- title: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises bull… — Bullying and how to stop it · tree and pragmatics description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises bullying? Exam question 1 of lesson 55 «Bullying and how to stop it» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/55-bullying/e1/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Bullying and how to stop it](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/55-bullying/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Bullying and how to stop it Which of the following statements most accurately characterises bullying? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris, bully This is exam question 1 of lesson 55 «Bullying and how to stop it» of the everyday 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/everyday/55-bullying/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:55-bullying:e1:1 # text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises bullying? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 amod _ _ 5 statements statement NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 6 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 7 advmod _ _ 7 accurately accurately ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 characterises characteris VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 bullying bully VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 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 | | | | | | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **bully** | gerund | | | | | | | vn captain-29.8-1 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent | 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} A single argument between friends ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:55-bullying:e1:o1:1 # text = A single argument between friends 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 single single ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 argument argument NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 between between ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} An accidental bump in a corridor ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:55-bullying:e1:o2:1 # text = An accidental bump in a corridor 1 An a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 accidental accidental ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 bump bump NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 corridor corridor NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Any disagreement over a game ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:55-bullying:e1:o3:1 # text = Any disagreement over a game 1 Any any DET DT PronType=Ind 2 det _ _ 2 disagreement disagreement NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 over over ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 game game NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} The repeated and deliberate hurting of a person ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:55-bullying:e1:o4:1 # text = The repeated and deliberate hurting of a person 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 2 repeated repeat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 aux _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 deliberate deliberate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 conj _ _ 5 hurting hurt VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hurt** | participle | | | | | | of a person | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | **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. 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