Exam question 4 · Closed doors, whispers and secrets
It is given that one parent has refused a request and the child is directed to the other parent. Determine the most appropriate conduct.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: one parent, you · What happens: give, refuse, direct, determine · To what, where: It, request, child, appropriate conduct
This is exam question 4 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
Sentence 1: It is given that one parent has refused a request and the child is directed to the other parent.
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 | _ | 8 refused | mark |
| 5 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 6 parent | nummod |
| 6 | parent | parent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 refused | nsubj |
| 7 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 refused | aux |
| 8 | refused | refuse | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 3 given | advcl |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 request | det |
| 10 | request | request | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 refused | obj |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 directed | cc |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 child | det |
| 13 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 directed | nsubj:pass |
| 14 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 directed | aux:pass |
| 15 | directed | direct | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 given | conj |
| 16 | to | to | ADP | _ | 19 parent | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 parent | det |
| 18 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 parent | amod |
| 19 | parent | parent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 directed | obl |
| 20 | . | . | 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 | refuse | present · perfect | one parent | a request | vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent request=Theme | ||||
| 3 | direct | present · passive | the child | to the other parent | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme |
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: Determine the most appropriate conduct.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Determine | determine | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 conduct | det |
| 3 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 4 appropriate | advmod |
| 4 | appropriate | appropriate | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 conduct | amod |
| 5 | conduct | conduct | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Determine | obj |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Determine | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | determine | imperative | you not said here | the appropriate conduct | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conduct=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Inform the second parent that the first parent sent the child
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Inform | inform | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 parent | det |
| 3 | second | second | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 4 parent | amod |
| 4 | parent | parent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Inform | obj |
| 5 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 9 sent | mark |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 parent | det |
| 7 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 8 parent | amod |
| 8 | parent | parent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 sent | nsubj |
| 9 | sent | send | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 Inform | advcl |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 child | det |
| 11 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 sent | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | inform speech: other | imperative | you not said here | the second parent | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent parent=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | send | past | the first parent | the child | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Theme |
Option 2
Abandon the request and address neither parent again
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Abandon | abandon | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 request | det |
| 3 | request | request | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Abandon | obj |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 address | cc |
| 5 | address | address | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 request | conj |
| 6 | neither | neither | DET | PronType=Neg | 7 parent | det |
| 7 | parent | parent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Abandon | obj |
| 8 | again | again | ADV | _ | 1 Abandon | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | abandon | imperative | you not said here | the request and address | again | tree rules |
Option 3
Conceal entirely the involvement of the first parent
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conceal | conceal | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | entirely | entirely | ADV | _ | 1 Conceal | advmod |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 involvement | det |
| 4 | involvement | involvement | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Conceal | obj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 parent | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 parent | det |
| 7 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 8 parent | amod |
| 8 | parent | parent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 involvement | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | conceal | imperative | you not said here | the involvement of the first parent | entirely property | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent involvement=Patient | |||
| 2 | involve | the first parent | nom involvement «act transitive»: of=patient |
Option 4
Inform the second parent that permission was already granted
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Inform | inform | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 parent | det |
| 3 | second | second | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 4 parent | amod |
| 4 | parent | parent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Inform | obj |
| 5 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 9 granted | mark |
| 6 | permission | permission | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 granted | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 granted | aux:pass |
| 8 | already | already | ADV | _ | 9 granted | advmod |
| 9 | granted | grant | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Inform | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | inform speech: other | imperative | you not said here | the second parent | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent parent=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | grant | past · passive | permission | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: subject=Theme |
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