Exam question 2 · Closed doors, whispers and secrets

Identify the principal reason for which certain news is withheld from children for a period.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, withhold · To what, where: principal reason, certain news

This is exam question 2 of lesson 35 «Closed doors, whispers and secrets» of the adult life 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 reason	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reason	amod
4	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 withheld	obl
7	certain	certain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 news	amod
8	news	news	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 withheld	nsubj:pass
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 withheld	aux:pass
10	withheld	withhold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 reason	acl:relcl
11	from	from	ADP	_	12 children	case
12	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 withheld	obl
13	for	for	ADP	_	15 period	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 period	det
15	period	period	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 withheld	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal reason					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	withhold	present · passive		certain news				for the principal reason; from children; for a period	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

To ensure the news is disclosed through gossip

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 ensure	mark
2	ensure	ensure	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 disclosed	advcl
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 news	det
4	news	news	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ensure	obj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 disclosed	aux:pass
6	disclosed	disclose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	through	through	ADP	_	8 gossip	case
8	gossip	gossip	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 disclosed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ensure	to-infinitive		the news					vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition news=Theme
2	disclose	present · passive				gossip			vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»

Option 2

To punish the children for previous misconduct

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 punish	mark
2	punish	punish	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 children	det
4	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 punish	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 misconduct	case
6	previous	previous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 misconduct	amod
7	misconduct	misconduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 punish	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	punish	to-infinitive		the children				for previous misconduct	vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent child=Patient for misconduct=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

To permit its communication once, clearly and gently, when more is known

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 permit	mark
2	permit	permit	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 communication	nmod:poss
4	communication	communication	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 permit	obj
5	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	2 permit	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 clearly	punct
7	clearly	clearly	ADV	_	2 permit	advmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 gently	cc
9	gently	gently	ADV	_	7 clearly	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 known	punct
11	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	14 known	advmod
12	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	14 known	nsubj:pass
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 known	aux:pass
14	known	know	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 permit	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	permit	to-infinitive		its communication	clearly, once property	vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent communication=Theme
2	know	present · passive		more		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus
3	communicate		its = it			nom communication «communication intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

To prevent the children from ever learning of the matter in any form whatsoever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 prevent	mark
2	prevent	prevent	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 children	det
4	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 prevent	obj
5	from	from	SCONJ	_	7 learning	mark
6	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	7 learning	advmod
7	learning	learn	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 prevent	advcl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 matter	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 matter	det
10	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 learning	obl
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 form	case
12	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	13 form	det
13	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 learning	obl
14	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	7 learning	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prevent	to-infinitive		the children					vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer child=Theme
2	learn	gerund				any form	ever	of the matter; whatsoever property	vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent of matter=Topic

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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