Exam question 2 · Secrets, scams and always telling a grown-up

It is given that a telephone caller, employing the voice of a head teacher, requests payment card details. Identify the most prudent course of action.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: give, employ, request, identify · To what, where: It, voice, card details, prudent course

This is exam question 2 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

Sentence 1: It is given that a telephone caller, employing the voice of a head teacher, requests payment card details.

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	3 given	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 caller	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 caller	det
6	telephone	telephone	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 caller	compound
7	caller	caller	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 given	xcomp
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 employing	punct
9	employing	employ	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 given	advcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 voice	det
11	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 employing	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	15 teacher	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 teacher	det
14	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 teacher	compound
15	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 voice	nmod
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 requests	punct
17	requests	request	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 employing	advcl
18	payment	payment	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 card	compound
19	card	card	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 details	compound
20	details	detail	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 requests	obj
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	roles by
1	give	present · passive	It	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	employ	gerund	the voice of a head teacher	vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent voice=Theme
3	request	present	card details	vn beg-58.2 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent detail=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.

Sentence 2: Identify the most prudent course of action.

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	5 course	det
3	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	4 prudent	advmod
4	prudent	prudent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 course	amod
5	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 action	case
7	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 course	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the prudent course of action					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent course=Theme

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

To furnish the details without delay, the voice of the head teacher having been recognised

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 furnish	mark
2	furnish	furnish	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 details	det
4	details	detail	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 furnish	obj
5	without	without	ADP	_	6 delay	case
6	delay	delay	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 furnish	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 voice	punct
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 voice	det
9	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 delay	conj
10	of	of	ADP	_	13 teacher	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 teacher	det
12	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 teacher	compound
13	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 voice	nmod
14	having	have	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 voice	acl
15	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	16 recognised	aux:pass
16	recognised	recognise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 having	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	furnish	to-infinitive		the details	without delay and the voice of the head teacher	vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent detail=Recipient
2	have	gerund	the voice of the head teacher not said here			tree rules
3	recognise	participle · passive	the voice of the head teacher not said here			vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»

Option 2

To request that the caller recite the pupil's name

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 request	mark
2	request	request	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 recite	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 caller	det
5	caller	caller	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 recite	nsubj
6	recite	recite	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 request	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 pupil	det
8	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 name	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 pupil	case
10	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 recite	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	request	to-infinitive			vn beg-58.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent
2	recite	infinitive	the caller	the pupil's name	vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Theme
3	name		the pupil		nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

To terminate the call and contact the school by means of its known number

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 terminate	mark
2	terminate	terminate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 means	csubj
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 call	det
4	call	call	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 terminate	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 contact	cc
6	contact	contact	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 terminate	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 school	det
8	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 contact	obj
9	by	by	ADP	_	6 contact	obl
10	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	of	of	ADP	_	14 number	case
12	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 number	nmod:poss
13	known	know	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 number	amod
14	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 means	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	terminate	to-infinitive	the call		vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent call=Theme
2	contact	infinitive	the school		tree rules
3	mean	present		of school's known number	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
4	know	participle			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4

To furnish part of the details pending confirmation

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 furnish	mark
2	furnish	furnish	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 furnish	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 details	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 details	det
6	details	detail	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 part	nmod
7	pending	pend	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 details	acl
8	confirmation	confirmation	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 pending	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	furnish	to-infinitive		part of the details					vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent part=Recipient
2	pend	gerund	the details not said here	confirmation					tree rules

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