Exam question 4 · Secrets, scams and always telling a grown-up

In respect of a child who has viewed online material causing distress, which of the following represents the course most consistent with the guidance given?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: child, respect, distress · What happens: view, cause, follow, represent, give, respect · To what, where: online material, distress, course, guidance, child

This is exam question 4 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	In	in	ADP	_	2 respect	case
2	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 child	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 child	det
5	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 respect	nmod
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 viewed	nsubj
7	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 viewed	aux
8	viewed	view	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 child	acl:relcl
9	online	online	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 material	amod
10	material	material	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 viewed	obj
11	causing	cause	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 respect	acl
12	distress	distress	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 causing	obj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 represents	punct
14	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	18 represents	nsubj
15	of	of	SCONJ	_	18 represents	mark
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 represents	det
17	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	18 represents	nsubj
18	represents	represent	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 distress	acl:relcl
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 course	det
20	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 represents	obj
21	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	22 consistent	advmod
22	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 course	amod
23	with	with	ADP	_	25 guidance	case
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 guidance	det
25	guidance	guidance	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 consistent	obl
26	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	25 guidance	acl
27	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 respect	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	view	present · perfect	a child	online material	vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer material=Stimulus
2	cause	gerund	respect of a child not said here	distress	vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition distress=Patient
3	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	represent	present	distress	the course	vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot course=Theme
5	give	participle		the guidance not said here	vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient
6	respect			a child	nom respect «cognition 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

Continued viewing until the distress subsides

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Continued	continue	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	viewing	view	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Continued	xcomp
3	until	until	SCONJ	_	6 subsides	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 distress	det
5	distress	distress	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 subsides	nsubj
6	subsides	subside	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 viewing	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	continue	past		vn continue-55.3 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	view	gerund		vn characterize-29.2-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
3	subside	present	the distress	vn entity_specific_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Disclosure to a trusted adult, irrespective of how the material was reached

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Disclosure	disclosure	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	to	to	ADP	_	5 adult	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 adult	det
4	trusted	trust	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 adult	amod
5	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Disclosure	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 reached	punct
7	irrespective	irrespective	ADV	_	13 reached	advmod
8	of	of	SCONJ	_	13 reached	mark
9	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	13 reached	advmod
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 material	det
11	material	material	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 reached	nsubj:pass
12	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 reached	aux:pass
13	reached	reach	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Disclosure	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	trust	participle							vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	reach	past · passive		the material				irrespective property	vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: subject=Theme

Option 3

Concealment, in order to avoid any disciplinary consequence

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Concealment	concealment	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 order	punct
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 order	case
4	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Concealment	appos
5	to	to	PART	_	6 avoid	mark
6	avoid	avoid	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 order	acl
7	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	9 consequence	det
8	disciplinary	disciplinary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 consequence	amod
9	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 avoid	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	avoid	to-infinitive		any disciplinary consequence					vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent consequence=Location

Option 4

Deletion of all records, followed by silence

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Deletion	deletion	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 records	case
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 records	det
4	records	record	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Deletion	nmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 followed	punct
6	followed	follow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Deletion	acl
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 silence	case
8	silence	silence	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 followed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	participle		Deletion of all records not said here				by silence	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by silence=Location
2	delete			all records					nom deletion «process transitive»: of=patient

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