Exam question 4 · Olympiad: claims, clues and tricky messages ★★★

Select the most prudent response to a message which demands haste, secrecy and the disclosure of a password.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, message · What happens: select, demand, disclose · To what, where: prudent response, haste, password

This is exam question 4 of lesson 32 «Olympiad: claims, clues and tricky 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 response	det
3	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	4 prudent	advmod
4	prudent	prudent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 response	amod
5	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 message	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 message	det
8	message	message	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 response	nmod
9	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 demands	nsubj
10	demands	demand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 message	acl:relcl
11	haste	haste	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 demands	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 secrecy	punct
13	secrecy	secrecy	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 haste	conj
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 disclosure	cc
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 disclosure	det
16	disclosure	disclosure	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 haste	conj
17	of	of	ADP	_	19 password	case
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 password	det
19	password	password	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 disclosure	nmod
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the prudent response	to a message	vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent response=Theme to message=be'
2	demand speech: request	present	a message	haste and secrecy and the disclosure of a password		vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme haste=Precondition
3	disclose			a password		nom disclosure «communication 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

A reply requesting proof of the sender's identity

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 reply	det
2	reply	reply	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 proof	nsubj
3	requesting	request	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 proof	amod
4	proof	proof	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	9 identity	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sender	det
7	sender	sender	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 identity	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 sender	case
9	identity	identity	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 proof	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	request	gerund							vn beg-58.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent
2	proof			the sender's identity					nom proof «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Refusal, with the matter reported to a trusted adult

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Refusal	Refusal	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 matter	punct
3	with	with	ADP	_	5 matter	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 matter	det
5	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Refusal	appos
6	reported	report	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 matter	acl
7	to	to	ADP	_	10 adult	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 adult	det
9	trusted	trust	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 adult	amod
10	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 reported	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	report	participle		the matter not said here				to a trusted adult	vn subordinate-95.2.1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to adult=Co-Agent
2	trust	participle							vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Compliance, should the message appear official

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Compliance	compliance	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 appear	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 message	punct
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 message	aux
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 message	det
5	message	message	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Compliance	conj
6	appear	appear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	official	official	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 appear	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	appear	present	Compliance and the message					official property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Compliance, provided it is completed promptly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Compliance	compliance	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 provided	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Compliance	punct
3	provided	provide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 completed	nsubj:pass
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 completed	aux:pass
6	completed	complete	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 provided	ccomp
7	promptly	promptly	ADV	_	6 completed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	provide	past	Compliance						vn ensure-99 «NP V that S»: agent=Precondition clause=Theme
2	complete	present · passive		Compliance				promptly property	vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality

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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