Exam question 4 · Rumours about classmates and what to do with a secret

Whereas a pupil has disseminated an untrue and hurtful statement concerning a classmate, ascertain the remedy which this lesson commends.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: untrue statement, you, lesson · What happens: disseminate, concern, ascertain, commend · To what, where: pupil, classmate, remedy

This is exam question 4 of lesson 50 «Rumours about classmates and what to do with a secret» 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	Whereas	whereas	SCONJ	_	5 disseminated	mark
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 pupil	det
3	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 disseminated	nsubj:pass
4	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 disseminated	aux
5	disseminated	disseminate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 ascertain	advcl
6	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 statement	det
7	untrue	untrue	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 statement	amod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 hurtful	cc
9	hurtful	hurtful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 untrue	conj
10	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 disseminated	obj
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 statement	acl
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 classmate	det
13	classmate	classmate	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 disseminated	punct
15	ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 remedy	det
17	remedy	remedy	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 ascertain	obj
18	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	21 commends	obj
19	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	20 lesson	det
20	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 commends	nsubj
21	commends	commend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 remedy	acl:relcl
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	15 ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	disseminate	present · perfect · passive		a pupil	tree rules
2	concern	gerund	a untrue statement not said here	a classmate	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus classmate=Experiencer
3	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the remedy	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent remedy=Topic
4	commend	present	this lesson	the remedy	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

An apology, together with a correction to those informed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 apology	det
2	apology	apology	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 correction	punct
4	together	together	ADV	_	7 correction	advmod
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 correction	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 correction	det
7	correction	correction	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 apology	appos
8	to	to	ADP	_	9 those	case
9	those	that	PRON	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	7 correction	nmod
10	informed	inform	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 those	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	inform speech: other	participle							vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Silence, in the expectation that it will be forgotten

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Silence	silence	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 forgotten	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 expectation	punct
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 expectation	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 expectation	det
5	expectation	expectation	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Silence	appos
6	that	that	ADP	_	7 it	case
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 expectation	nmod
8	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 forgotten	aux
9	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 forgotten	aux:pass
10	forgotten	forget	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forget	future · passive		Silence					tree rules

Option 3

The attribution of responsibility to the original source

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 attribution	det
2	attribution	attribution	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 responsibility	case
4	responsibility	responsibility	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 attribution	nmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	8 source	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 source	det
7	original	original	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 source	amod
8	source	source	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 attribution	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	attribute			responsibility				to the original source	nom attribution «cognition transitive»: of=patient to=obl

Option 4

The circulation of a further statement to distract

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 circulation	det
2	circulation	circulation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 statement	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 statement	det
5	further	further	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 statement	amod
6	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 circulation	nmod
7	to	to	PART	_	8 distract	mark
8	distract	distract	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 circulation	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	distract	to-infinitive							vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
2	circulate			a further statement					nom circulation «communication transitive»: of=patient

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