Exam question 3 · Rumours and gossip

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the private messages of another person.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, private messages

This is exam question 3 of lesson 202 «Rumours and gossip» 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 response	det
3	response	response	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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 messages	det
11	private	private	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 messages	amod
12	messages	message	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 concerning	obj
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 person	case
14	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	15 person	det
15	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 messages	nmod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=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	the private messages of another person		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus message=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 · ✓ the right answer

Disseminating them betrays the trust of the sender

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Disseminating	disseminate	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 betrays	csubj
2	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Disseminating	obj
3	betrays	betray	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 trust	det
5	trust	trust	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 betrays	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 sender	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sender	det
8	sender	sender	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 trust	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	disseminate	gerund		them = they	vn contribute-13.2-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent they=Theme
2	betray	present	Disseminating	the trust of the sender	tree rules
3	trust		the sender		nom trust «possession intransitive»: of=agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

They may be shared freely once received

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	4 shared	nsubj:pass
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 shared	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 shared	aux:pass
4	shared	share	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	freely	freely	ADV	_	4 shared	advmod
6	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	7 received	advmod
7	received	receive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 shared	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	share	may · passive		They				freely property	tree rules
2	receive	participle						once property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

They may be shared if the sender is no longer a friend

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	4 shared	nsubj:pass
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 shared	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 shared	aux:pass
4	shared	share	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	12 friend	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sender	det
7	sender	sender	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 friend	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 friend	cop
9	no	no	ADV	_	10 longer	advmod
10	longer	long	ADV	Degree=Cmp	12 friend	advmod
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 friend	det
12	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 shared	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	share	may · passive		They					tree rules
2	is a a condition, not said to happen	present	the sender	a friend				long property	tree rules

Option 4

Sharing them is harmless if done online

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sharing	share	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 harmless	csubj
2	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Sharing	obj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 harmless	cop
4	harmless	harmless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 done	mark
6	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 harmless	advcl
7	online	online	ADV	_	6 done	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	share	gerund		them = they		tree rules
2	is	present	Sharing		harmless property	tree rules
3	do a condition, not said to happen	participle	Sharing not said here		online property	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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