Exam question 1 · Strangers, hooks and too-perfect messages

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises an online contact, of unknown identity, who requests photographs?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: unknown identity · What happens: follow, characteris, request · To what, where: online contact, photographs

This is exam question 1 of lesson 13 «Strangers, hooks and too-perfect messages» of the AI 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 contact	det
10	online	online	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 contact	amod
11	contact	contact	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 identity	punct
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 identity	case
14	unknown	unknown	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 identity	amod
15	identity	identity	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 contact	appos
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 requests	punct
17	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	18 requests	nsubj
18	requests	request	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 identity	acl:relcl
19	photographs	photograph	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 requests	obj
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		a online contact	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	request	present	unknown identity	photographs		vn beg-58.2 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent photograph=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 a request indicates that the contact is a fellow pupil

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	3 request	det:predet
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 request	det
3	request	request	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 indicates	nsubj
4	indicates	indicate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	11 pupil	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 contact	det
7	contact	contact	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 pupil	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 pupil	cop
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 pupil	det
10	fellow	fellow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 pupil	amod
11	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 indicates	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	indicate	present	such request						vn indicate-78-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot
2	is a	present	the contact	a fellow pupil					tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Such a request constitutes a serious warning sign, to be reported to an adult

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	3 request	det:predet
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 request	det
3	request	request	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 constitutes	nsubj
4	constitutes	constitute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 sign	det
6	serious	serious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 sign	amod
7	warning	warning	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sign	compound
8	sign	sign	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 constitutes	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 reported	punct
10	to	to	PART	_	12 reported	mark
11	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	12 reported	aux:pass
12	reported	report	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 sign	acl
13	to	to	ADP	_	15 adult	case
14	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 adult	det
15	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 reported	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	constitute	present	such request	a serious warning sign					vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme sign=Pivot
2	report	to-infinitive · passive	such request not said here	a serious warning sign not said here				to a adult	vn subordinate-95.2.1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: to adult=Co-Agent

Option 3

Such a request is permissible provided the contact is courteous

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	3 request	det:predet
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 request	det
3	request	request	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 permissible	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 permissible	cop
5	permissible	permissible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 contact	amod
6	provided	provide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 contact	amod
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 contact	det
8	contact	contact	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 courteous	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 courteous	cop
10	courteous	courteous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	such request	permissible property	tree rules
2	provide	participle			vn ensure-99 «NP V that S»: agent=Precondition
3	is	present	the permissible provided contact	courteous property	tree rules

Option 4

Such a request is customary and may safely be granted

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	3 request	det:predet
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 request	det
3	request	request	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 customary	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 customary	cop
5	customary	customary	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 granted	cc
7	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 granted	aux
8	safely	safely	ADV	_	10 granted	advmod
9	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 granted	aux:pass
10	granted	grant	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 customary	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	such request	customary					tree rules
2	grant	may · passive	such request not said here					safely property	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»

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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