Exam question 2 · Your uh-oh feeling

It being given that the first adult informed of a worrying matter renders no assistance, select the course of action consistent with established guidance.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: first adult · What happens: give, inform, worry, select, establish · To what, where: It, course

This is exam question 2 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	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 given	nsubj:pass
2	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 informed	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 adult	det
6	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	7 adult	amod
7	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 informed	nsubj
8	informed	inform	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 given	advcl
9	of	of	ADP	_	13 renders	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 renders	det
11	worrying	worry	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	13 renders	amod
12	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 renders	compound
13	renders	render	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 informed	obl
14	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	15 assistance	det
15	assistance	assistance	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 renders	nmod:unmarked
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 select	punct
17	select	select	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 given	conj
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 course	det
19	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 select	obj
20	of	of	ADP	_	21 action	case
21	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 course	nmod
22	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 action	amod
23	with	with	ADP	_	25 guidance	case
24	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	25 guidance	amod
25	guidance	guidance	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 consistent	obl
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	give	gerund · passive		It		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	inform speech: other	participle	the first adult		of a worrying matter renders no assistance	vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient PP.topic»: agent=Agent of render=Topic
3	worry	gerund				vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
4	select	infinitive		the course of action		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent course=Theme
5	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot

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 · ✓ the right answer

To continue informing other trusted adults until assistance is rendered

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 continue	mark
2	continue	continue	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	informing	inform	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 continue	xcomp
4	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 adults	amod
5	trusted	trust	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 adults	amod
6	adults	adult	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 informing	obj
7	until	until	SCONJ	_	10 rendered	mark
8	assistance	assistance	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 rendered	nsubj:pass
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 rendered	aux:pass
10	rendered	render	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 informing	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	continue	to-infinitive			vn continue-55.3 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	inform speech: other	gerund		other trusted adults	vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient
3	trust	participle			vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
4	render	present · passive	assistance		vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2

To resolve the matter alone without further help from any adult whatsoever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 resolve	mark
2	resolve	resolve	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 matter	det
4	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 resolve	obj
5	alone	alone	ADV	_	2 resolve	advmod
6	without	without	ADP	_	8 help	case
7	further	further	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 help	amod
8	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 resolve	obl
9	from	from	ADP	_	11 adult	case
10	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	11 adult	det
11	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 resolve	obl
12	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	2 resolve	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	resolve	to-infinitive		the matter				without further help; from any adult; alone, whatsoever property	tree rules

Option 3

To inform only other children of the matter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 inform	mark
2	inform	inform	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	only	only	ADV	_	5 children	advmod
4	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 children	amod
5	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 inform	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 matter	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 matter	det
8	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 children	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	inform speech: other	to-infinitive		other children of the matter					vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent

Option 4

To keep the matter secret thereafter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 keep	mark
2	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 matter	det
4	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 keep	obj
5	secret	secret	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 keep	xcomp
6	thereafter	thereafter	ADV	_	2 keep	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	to-infinitive		the matter				secret, thereafter property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent matter=Theme

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