Exam question 2 · When money is tight

Identify the course of action consistent with prudence upon receipt of an unsolicited message demanding a payment for the release of a parcel.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, unsolicited message · What happens: identify, demand, receipt · To what, where: course, payment, unsolicited message

This is exam question 2 of lesson 9 «When money is tight» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 course	det
3	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 action	case
5	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 course	nmod
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Identify	parataxis
7	with	with	ADP	_	8 prudence	case
8	prudence	prudence	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 consistent	obl
9	upon	upon	ADP	_	10 receipt	case
10	receipt	receipt	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 prudence	nmod
11	of	of	ADP	_	14 message	case
12	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 message	det
13	unsolicited	unsolicited	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 message	amod
14	message	message	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 receipt	nmod
15	demanding	demand	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	14 message	acl
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 payment	det
17	payment	payment	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 demanding	obj
18	for	for	ADP	_	20 release	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 release	det
20	release	release	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 payment	nmod
21	of	of	ADP	_	23 parcel	case
22	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	23 parcel	det
23	parcel	parcel	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 release	nmod
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the course of action		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent course=Theme
2	demand speech: request	gerund	a unsolicited message not said here	a payment	for the release of a parcel	vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme payment=Precondition
3	receipt			a unsolicited message		nom receipt «act transitive»: of=patient

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

To forward the message to all known contacts

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 forward	mark
2	forward	forward	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 message	det
4	message	message	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 forward	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	8 contacts	case
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 contacts	det
7	known	know	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 contacts	amod
8	contacts	contact	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 forward	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forward	to-infinitive		the message		all known contacts			vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent message=Theme to contact=Destination
2	know	participle							vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2

To reply, supplying the card number requested

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 reply	mark
2	reply	reply	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 supplying	punct
4	supplying	supply	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 reply	advcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 number	det
6	card	card	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 number	compound
7	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 supplying	obj
8	requested	request	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 supplying	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	roles by
1	reply speech: assert	to-infinitive		vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	supply	gerund	the card number	tree rules
3	request	participle		vn beg-58.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent

Option 3

To remit the sum requested forthwith, it being trivial in amount

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 remit	mark
2	remit	remit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 trivial	advcl
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 sum	det
4	sum	sum	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 remit	obj
5	requested	request	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 sum	acl
6	forthwith	forthwith	ADV	_	5 requested	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 remit	punct
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 trivial	nsubj
9	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 trivial	cop
10	trivial	trivial	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 amount	case
12	amount	amount	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 trivial	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	remit	to-infinitive	sum not said here	the sum			vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent sum=Theme
2	request	participle		the sum not said here		forthwith property	vn beg-58.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent
3	is	gerund	sum		amount	trivial property	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Not to follow the link, and to inform a responsible adult

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 follow	advmod
2	to	to	PART	_	3 follow	mark
3	follow	follow	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 link	det
5	link	link	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 follow	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 inform	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 inform	cc
8	to	to	PART	_	9 inform	mark
9	inform	inform	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 follow	conj
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 adult	det
11	responsible	responsible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 adult	amod
12	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 inform	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not follow	to-infinitive		the link					vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent link=Theme
2	inform speech: other	to-infinitive			a responsible adult				vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient

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