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Exam question 4 · Our street: when a guess becomes a reputation

It is given that a child has reason to believe that another child may be unsafe at home. Determine the most appropriate conduct.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: child, you · What happens: give, have, believe, be, determine · To what, where: It, reason, home, appropriate conduct · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 4 of lesson 43 «Our street: when a guess becomes a reputation» 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 a child has reason to believe that another child may be unsafe at home.

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	_	7 has	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 child	det
6	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 has	nsubj
7	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	advcl
8	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 has	obj
9	to	to	PART	_	10 believe	mark
10	believe	believe	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 reason	acl
11	that	that	SCONJ	_	16 unsafe	mark
12	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	13 child	det
13	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 unsafe	nsubj
14	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 unsafe	aux
15	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	16 unsafe	cop
16	unsafe	unsafe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 believe	ccomp
17	at	at	ADP	_	18 home	case
18	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 unsafe	obl
19	.	.	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	have	present	a child	reason					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Patient
3	believe	to-infinitive	a child not said here	reason not said here					vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer
4	is	may	another child			home		unsafe property	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.

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

To confront the household concerned in person

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 confront	mark
2	confront	confront	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 household	det
4	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 confront	obj
5	concerned	concerned	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 confront	xcomp
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 person	case
7	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 confront	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	confront	to-infinitive		the household				in person; concerned property	vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent household=Theme

Option 2

To refrain from any action whatsoever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 refrain	mark
2	refrain	refrain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	5 action	case
4	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	5 action	det
5	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 refrain	obl
6	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	2 refrain	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	refrain	to-infinitive				any action		whatsoever property	vn refrain-69 «NP V PP.theme S_ING»: agent=Agent from action=Eventuality

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

To communicate the concern to a trusted adult

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 communicate	mark
2	communicate	communicate	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 concern	det
4	concern	concern	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 communicate	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	8 adult	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 adult	det
7	trusted	trust	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 adult	amod
8	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 communicate	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	communicate	to-infinitive		the concern	a trusted adult				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent concern=Topic to adult=Recipient
2	trust	participle							vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 4

To disseminate the concern among classmates

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 disseminate	mark
2	disseminate	disseminate	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 concern	det
4	concern	concern	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 disseminate	obj
5	among	among	ADP	_	6 classmates	case
6	classmates	classmate	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 disseminate	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	disseminate	to-infinitive		the concern				among classmates	vn contribute-13.2-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent concern=Theme among classmate=Recipient

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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