Exam question 3 · Next time: switch off, tell a grown-up, and parental contr…

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the efficacy of safe search.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, response, established facts · What happens: select, be, establish, concern · To what, where: response, efficacy

This is exam question 3 of lesson 60 «Next time: switch off, tell a grown-up, and parental controls» 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	VerbForm=Ger	10 facts	acl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 efficacy	det
13	efficacy	efficacy	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 search	case
15	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 search	amod
16	search	search	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 efficacy	nmod
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	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; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the efficacy of safe search		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus efficacy=Experiencer

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

It operates solely upon the spelling of searches

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	2 operates	nsubj
2	operates	operate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	solely	solely	ADV	_	2 operates	advmod
4	upon	upon	ADP	_	6 spelling	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 spelling	det
6	spelling	spelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 operates	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 searches	case
8	searches	search	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 spelling	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	operate	present	It					upon the spelling of searches; solely property	vn function-105.2.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	spell			searches					nom spelling «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

It has no effect whatsoever upon search results

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	2 has	nsubj
2	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 effect	det
4	effect	effect	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 has	obj
5	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	2 has	advmod
6	upon	upon	ADP	_	8 results	case
7	search	search	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 results	compound
8	results	result	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 has	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	It	no effect				upon search results; whatsoever property	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent effect=Patient

Option 3

It eliminates all adult material without exception

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	2 eliminates	nsubj
2	eliminates	eliminate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 material	det
4	adult	adult	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 material	amod
5	material	material	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 eliminates	obj
6	without	without	ADP	_	7 exception	case
7	exception	exception	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 eliminates	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eliminate	present	It	all adult material				without exception	vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent material=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It filters out much adult material but not all of it

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	2 filters	nsubj
2	filters	filter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	out	out	ADP	_	2 filters	compound:prt
4	much	much	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 material	amod
5	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 material	compound
6	material	material	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 filters	obj
7	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 all	cc
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 all	advmod
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	2 filters	conj
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 it	case
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 all	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	filter out	present	It	much adult material					vn wipe_instr-10.4.2 «NP V NP.initial_location»: agent=Agent material=Initial_Location

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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