Exam question 1 · Secrets, scams and always telling a grown-up

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a request, made through an online application, that a minor conceal communications from his parents?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: minor · What happens: follow, characteris, make, conceal · To what, where: request, online application, communications

This is exam question 1 of lesson 16 «Secrets, scams and always telling a grown-up» 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	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 request	det
10	request	request	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 made	punct
12	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 request	acl
13	through	through	ADP	_	16 application	case
14	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 application	det
15	online	online	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 application	amod
16	application	application	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 made	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 conceal	punct
18	that	that	SCONJ	_	21 conceal	mark
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 minor	det
20	minor	minor	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 conceal	nsubj
21	conceal	conceal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 characterises	conj
22	communications	communication	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 conceal	obj
23	from	from	ADP	_	25 parents	case
24	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	25 parents	nmod:poss
25	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 conceal	obl
26	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		a request		of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	make	participle		a request not said here	a online application		vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
4	conceal	present	a minor	communications		from minor's parents	vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent communication=Patient from parent=Beneficiary

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 is of concern only where money has been requested

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	4 concern	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 concern	cop
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 concern	case
4	concern	concern	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	only	only	ADV	_	10 requested	advmod
6	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	10 requested	advmod
7	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 requested	nsubj:pass
8	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 requested	aux
9	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	10 requested	aux:pass
10	requested	request	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 concern	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					of concern	tree rules
2	request	present · perfect · passive		money					vn beg-58.2 «NP V NP S_INF»: subject=Recipient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It constitutes a significant warning sign necessitating immediate disclosure to a parent

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 constitutes	nsubj
2	constitutes	constitute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 sign	det
4	significant	significant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 sign	amod
5	warning	warning	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sign	compound
6	sign	sign	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 constitutes	obj
7	necessitating	necessitate	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 sign	acl
8	immediate	immediate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 disclosure	amod
9	disclosure	disclosure	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 necessitating	obj
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 parent	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 parent	det
12	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 necessitating	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	constitute	present	It	a significant warning sign					vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme sign=Pivot
2	necessitate	gerund	a significant warning sign not said here	immediate disclosure				to a parent	vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme disclosure=Precondition

Option 3

It is acceptable provided the correspondent is courteous

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	4 provided	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 provided	aux:pass
3	acceptable	acceptable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 provided	amod
4	provided	provide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 correspondent	det
6	correspondent	correspondent	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 courteous	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 courteous	cop
8	courteous	courteous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 provided	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	provide	present · passive		It					vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	is	present	the correspondent					courteous property	tree rules

Option 4

It constitutes a customary and entirely harmless feature of friendly correspondence between users

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 constitutes	nsubj
2	constitutes	constitute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 customary	det
4	customary	customary	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 constitutes	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 feature	cc
6	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	7 harmless	advmod
7	harmless	harmless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 feature	amod
8	feature	feature	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 customary	conj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 correspondence	case
10	friendly	friendly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 correspondence	amod
11	correspondence	correspondence	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 feature	nmod
12	between	between	ADP	_	13 users	case
13	users	user	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 correspondence	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	constitute	present	It	a customary and harmless feature of friendly correspondence between users					vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme customary=Pivot
2	feature			friendly correspondence between users					nom feature «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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