Exam question 2 · Lies that do real harm

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the purpose of telling doctors and nurses the truth?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: purpose · What happens: follow, characteris, tell · To what, where: purpose, doctors · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 2 of lesson 197 «Lies that do real harm» 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 purpose	det
10	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	SCONJ	_	12 telling	mark
12	telling	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 purpose	acl
13	doctors	doctor	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 telling	obj
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 nurses	cc
15	nurses	nurse	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 doctors	conj
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 truth	det
17	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 telling	obj
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the purpose	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	tell speech: assert	gerund	the purpose not said here	doctors and nurses		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent doctor=Recipient truth=Topic

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

They need true facts to treat one properly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 need	nsubj
2	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 facts	amod
4	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 need	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 treat	mark
6	treat	treat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 need	advcl
7	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 treat	obj
8	properly	properly	ADV	_	6 treat	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	present	They	true facts					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot fact=Theme
2	treat	to-infinitive	They not said here	one				properly property	vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent one=Recipient

Option 2

They wish to report one to the head teacher

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wish	nsubj
2	wish	wish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 report	mark
4	report	report	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wish	xcomp
5	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 report	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	9 teacher	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 teacher	det
8	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 teacher	compound
9	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 report	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wish	present	They						vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	report not said to happen	to-infinitive	They not said here	one	the head teacher				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent one=Topic to teacher=Recipient

Option 3

They punish all the children who are not honest

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 punish	nsubj
2	punish	punish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 children	det:predet
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 children	det
5	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 punish	obj
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 honest	nsubj
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 honest	cop
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 honest	advmod
9	honest	honest	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 children	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	punish	present	They	all children					vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Patient
2	not is	present	all children					honest property	tree rules

Option 4

They need the facts only for their own records

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 need	nsubj
2	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 facts	det
4	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 need	obj
5	only	only	ADV	_	9 records	advmod
6	for	for	ADP	_	9 records	case
7	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 records	nmod:poss
8	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 records	amod
9	records	record	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 need	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	present	They	the facts					tree rules
2	record		facts = fact						nom record «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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