Exam question 4 · White lies and kind silence

Select the statement consistent with the established facts concerning a surprise party.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: statement, surprise party

This is exam question 4 of lesson 196 «White lies and kind silence» 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 statement	det
3	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 party	det
11	surprise	surprise	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 party	compound
12	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the statement	consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent statement=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	a surprise party		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus party=Experiencer

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

It is private and must be kept forever

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 private	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 private	cop
3	private	private	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 kept	cc
5	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 kept	aux
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 kept	aux:pass
7	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 private	conj
8	forever	forever	ADV	_	7 kept	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					private property	tree rules
2	keep	must · passive						forever property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»

Option 2

It is a promise that must never be revealed

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	4 promise	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 promise	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 promise	det
4	promise	promise	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 revealed	nsubj:pass
6	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 revealed	aux
7	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	9 revealed	advmod
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 revealed	aux:pass
9	revealed	reveal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 promise	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a promise					tree rules
2	not reveal	must · passive		a promise					vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It is a happy secret that ends soon and makes someone glad

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	5 secret	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 secret	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 secret	det
4	happy	happy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 secret	amod
5	secret	secret	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 ends	nsubj
7	ends	end	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 secret	acl:relcl
8	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	7 ends	advmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 makes	cc
10	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 ends	conj
11	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	10 makes	obj
12	glad	glad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 makes	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a happy secret		tree rules
2	end	present	a happy secret		soon property	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
3	make	present	a happy secret not said here	someone	glad property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset someone=Product

Option 4

It is a harmful lie that should be told at once

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	5 lie	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 lie	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 lie	det
4	harmful	harmful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 lie	amod
5	lie	lie	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 told	nsubj:pass
7	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 told	aux
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 told	aux:pass
9	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 lie	acl:relcl
10	at	at	ADP	_	11 once	case
11	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	9 told	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a harmful lie					tree rules
2	tell speech: assert	should · passive		a harmful lie					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient

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