Exam question 2 · Being a good grown-up

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning electronic messages purporting to originate from a bank and requesting the recipient's password.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, response, electronic messages · What happens: select, be, establish, concern, purport, originate · To what, where: response, bank, password

This is exam question 2 of lesson 40 «Being a good grown-up» 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 consistent	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 consistent	cop
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	acl:relcl
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 facts	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 facts	det
9	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 facts	amod
10	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 consistent	obl
11	concerning	concern	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 messages	case
12	electronic	electronic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 messages	amod
13	messages	message	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 facts	nmod
14	purporting	purport	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	13 messages	acl
15	to	to	PART	_	16 originate	mark
16	originate	originate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 purporting	xcomp
17	from	from	ADP	_	19 bank	case
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 bank	det
19	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 originate	obl
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 requesting	cc
21	requesting	request	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	14 purporting	conj
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 recipient	det
23	recipient	recipient	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 password	nmod:poss
24	's	's	PART	_	23 recipient	case
25	password	password	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 requesting	obj
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response			vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	is	present	the response			with the established facts concern electronic messages; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle					vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	concern	gerund					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
5	purport	gerund	electronic messages not said here				tree rules
6	originate	to-infinitive	electronic messages not said here		a bank		vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
7	request	gerund	electronic messages not said here	the recipient's password			vn beg-58.2 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent password=Recipient

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 · ← Mova's choice

Such messages are routine security procedures of every bank

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 messages	amod
2	messages	message	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 procedures	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 procedures	cop
4	routine	routine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 procedures	amod
5	security	security	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 procedures	compound
6	procedures	procedure	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 bank	case
8	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	9 bank	det
9	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 procedures	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Such messages	routine security procedures				of every bank	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Such messages are fraudulent, as genuine banks make no such request

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 messages	amod
2	messages	message	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 fraudulent	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 fraudulent	cop
4	fraudulent	fraudulent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 make	punct
6	as	as	SCONJ	_	9 make	mark
7	genuine	genuine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 banks	amod
8	banks	bank	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 make	nsubj
9	make	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 fraudulent	conj
10	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	12 request	det
11	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 request	amod
12	request	request	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 make	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Such messages					fraudulent property	tree rules
2	make	present	genuine banks	no such request					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset request=Product

Option 3

Such messages may be safely answered by children only

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 messages	amod
2	messages	message	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 answered	nsubj:pass
3	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 answered	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 answered	aux:pass
5	safely	safely	ADV	_	6 answered	advmod
6	answered	answer	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 children	case
8	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 answered	obl
9	only	only	ADV	_	8 children	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	answer speech: assert	may · passive	children	Such messages				safely property	vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent subject=Eventuality

Option 4

Such messages must be answered within the period stated

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 messages	amod
2	messages	message	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 answered	nsubj:pass
3	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 answered	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 answered	aux:pass
5	answered	answer	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	within	within	ADP	_	8 period	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 period	det
8	period	period	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 answered	obl
9	stated	state	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 period	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	answer speech: assert	must · passive		Such messages				within the period	vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: subject=Eventuality
2	state speech: other	participle		the period not said here					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

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