Exam question 1 · Your uh-oh feeling

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the distinction between a secret and a surprise?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: distinction

This is exam question 1 of lesson 19 «Your uh-oh feeling» of the everyday 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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 distinction	det
10	distinction	distinction	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	between	between	ADP	_	13 secret	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 secret	det
13	secret	secret	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 distinction	nmod
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 surprise	cc
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 surprise	det
16	surprise	surprise	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 distinction	conj
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the distinction and a surprise				of the following statements; between a secret; accurately property	tree rules

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

A secret is always pleasant, whereas a surprise is always worrying

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 secret	det
2	secret	secret	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pleasant	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 pleasant	cop
4	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	5 pleasant	advmod
5	pleasant	pleasant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 whereas	punct
7	whereas	wherea	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 pleasant	conj
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 surprise	det
9	surprise	surprise	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 whereas	obj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 worrying	aux
11	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	12 worrying	advmod
12	worrying	worry	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 pleasant	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	a secret		always, pleasant property	tree rules
2	wherea	present	a secret not said here	a surprise		tree rules
3	worry	present · progressive	a secret not said here		always property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

A surprise must never be revealed, whereas a secret must be told immediately to all

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 surprise	det
2	surprise	surprise	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 whereas	nsubj
3	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 revealed	aux
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	6 revealed	advmod
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 revealed	aux:pass
6	revealed	reveal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 surprise	acl:relcl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 surprise	punct
8	whereas	wherea	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 secret	det
10	secret	secret	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 told	nsubj:pass
11	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 told	aux
12	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 told	aux:pass
13	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 whereas	ccomp
14	immediately	immediately	ADV	_	13 told	advmod
15	to	to	ADP	_	16 all	case
16	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	13 told	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	not reveal	must · passive		a surprise not said here			vn characterize-29.2-1-2 «NP V NP»
2	wherea	present	a surprise				tree rules
3	tell speech: assert	must · passive		a secret	all	immediately property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Topic to all=Recipient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

A surprise is a pleasant matter soon to be revealed, whereas a worrying secret should be told to a trusted adult

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 surprise	det
2	surprise	surprise	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 matter	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 matter	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 matter	det
5	pleasant	pleasant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 matter	amod
6	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 told	nsubj:pass
7	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	10 revealed	advmod
8	to	to	PART	_	10 revealed	mark
9	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 revealed	aux:pass
10	revealed	reveal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 matter	advcl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 whereas	punct
12	whereas	wherea	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 matter	parataxis
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 secret	det
14	worrying	worry	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	15 secret	amod
15	secret	secret	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 whereas	obj
16	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	18 told	aux
17	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	18 told	aux:pass
18	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
19	to	to	ADP	_	22 adult	case
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 adult	det
21	trusted	trust	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	22 adult	amod
22	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 told	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a surprise	a pleasant matter			tree rules
2	reveal	to-infinitive · passive	a surprise not said here			soon property	vn characterize-29.2-1-2 «NP V NP»
3	wherea	present		a worrying secret			tree rules
4	worry	gerund					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
5	tell speech: assert	should · passive		a pleasant matter	a trusted adult		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Topic to adult=Recipient
6	trust	participle					vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 4

A secret and a surprise are identical in every respect

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 secret	det
2	secret	secret	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 identical	nsubj
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 surprise	cc
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 surprise	det
5	surprise	surprise	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 secret	conj
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 identical	cop
7	identical	identical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 respect	case
9	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	10 respect	det
10	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 identical	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	a secret and a surprise			every respect		identical property	tree rules

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