Exam question 3 · Good pressure, good and bad secrets, and owning up
It is given that a borrowed item has been lost. Select the response consistent with honesty.
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: give, borrow, lose, select · To what, where: It, borrowed item, response
This is exam question 3 of lesson 285 «Good pressure, good and bad secrets, and owning up» 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
Sentence 1: It is given that a borrowed item has been lost.
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 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | aux:pass |
| 3 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 10 lost | mark |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 item | det |
| 6 | borrowed | borrow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 item | amod |
| 7 | item | item | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 lost | nsubj:pass |
| 8 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 lost | aux |
| 9 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 10 lost | aux:pass |
| 10 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 given | advcl |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 given | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present · passive | It | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | borrow | participle | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | lose | present · perfect · passive | a borrowed item | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |
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.
Sentence 2: Select the response consistent with honesty.
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 | 3 response | amod |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 honesty | case |
| 6 | honesty | honesty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 consistent | obl |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Select | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | select | imperative | you not said here | the response | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
The options
Option 1
A similar item shall be substituted without comment
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 item | det |
| 2 | similar | similar | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 item | amod |
| 3 | item | item | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 substituted | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 substituted | aux |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 substituted | aux:pass |
| 6 | substituted | substitute | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | without | without | ADP | _ | 8 comment | case |
| 8 | comment | comment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 substituted | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | substitute | shall · passive | a similar item | without comment | vn substitute-13.6.2 «NP V NP.location»: subject=Location |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The owner shall be told promptly and helped to find or replace it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 owner | det |
| 2 | owner | owner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 told | nsubj |
| 3 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 told | aux |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 told | aux:pass |
| 5 | told | tell | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | promptly | promptly | ADV | _ | 5 told | advmod |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 helped | cc |
| 8 | helped | help | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 told | conj |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 find | mark |
| 10 | find | find | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 helped | xcomp |
| 11 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 12 replace | cc |
| 12 | replace | replace | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 find | conj |
| 13 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 replace | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | shall · passive | the owner | promptly property | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | help | past | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | ||||||
| 3 | find | to-infinitive | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 4 | replace | infinitive | owner | vn substitute-13.6.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Co-Theme |
Option 3
The loss shall be blamed upon a third party
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 loss | det |
| 2 | loss | loss | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 blamed | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 blamed | aux |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 blamed | aux:pass |
| 5 | blamed | blame | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 9 party | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 party | det |
| 8 | third | third | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 9 party | amod |
| 9 | party | party | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 blamed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | blame | shall · passive | the loss | upon a third party | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 4
The matter shall be concealed in the hope that it is soon forgotten
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 matter | det |
| 2 | matter | matter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 concealed | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 concealed | aux |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 concealed | aux:pass |
| 5 | concealed | conceal | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 hope | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 hope | det |
| 8 | hope | hope | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 concealed | obl |
| 9 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 13 forgotten | mark |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 forgotten | nsubj:pass |
| 11 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 forgotten | aux:pass |
| 12 | soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | 13 forgotten | advmod |
| 13 | forgotten | forget | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 concealed | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | conceal | shall · passive | the matter | the hope | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Patient in hope=Location | ||||
| 2 | forget | present · passive | matter | soon property | tree rules |
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