Exam question 2 · Questions, group work and the adults at school

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a secret that an adult asks a child to keep and that worries him?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: adult, secret, that · What happens: follow, characteris, ask, keep, worry · To what, where: secret, child

This is exam question 2 of lesson 256 «Questions, group work and the adults at school» 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	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 secret	det
10	secret	secret	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 asks	obj
12	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 adult	det
13	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 asks	nsubj
14	asks	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 secret	acl:relcl
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 child	det
16	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 asks	obj
17	to	to	PART	_	18 keep	mark
18	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 asks	xcomp
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 worries	cc
20	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	21 worries	nsubj
21	worries	worry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 asks	conj
22	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 worries	obj
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		a secret		of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	ask speech: ask	present	a adult	a secret	a child		tree rules
4	keep not said to happen	to-infinitive	a secret not said here				vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
5	worry	present	that	child			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=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 to be forgotten

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	2 is	nsubj
2	is	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	5 forgotten	mark
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 forgotten	aux:pass
5	forgotten	forget	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 is	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	be	present	It						tree rules
2	forget	to-infinitive · passive							tree rules

Option 2

It is to 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	5 kept	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 kept	aux:pass
3	to	to	PART	_	5 kept	mark
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 kept	aux:pass
5	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	forever	forever	ADV	_	5 kept	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	present · passive		It				forever property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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

It is to be told to a parent or another trusted adult

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 told	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 told	aux:pass
3	to	to	PART	_	5 told	mark
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 told	aux:pass
5	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 parent	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 parent	det
8	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 told	obl
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 adult	cc
10	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	12 adult	det
11	trusted	trust	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 adult	amod
12	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 parent	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	present · passive		It	a parent or another trusted adult				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Topic to parent=Recipient
2	trust	participle							vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 4

It is to be told only to other children, never to adults

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 told	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 told	aux:pass
3	to	to	PART	_	5 told	mark
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 told	aux:pass
5	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	only	only	ADV	_	9 children	advmod
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 children	case
8	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 children	amod
9	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 told	iobj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 adults	punct
11	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	13 adults	advmod
12	to	to	ADP	_	13 adults	case
13	adults	adult	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 told	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	present · passive		It	other children				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient child=Topic

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