Exam question 4 · Good pressure, good and bad secrets, and owning up

State which category of secret must never be kept by a child.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: child · What happens: not keep · To what, where: State

This is exam question 4 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	State	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 kept	nsubj:pass
2	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	3 category	det
3	category	category	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 State	nmod
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 secret	case
5	secret	secret	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 category	nmod
6	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 kept	aux
7	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	9 kept	advmod
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 kept	aux:pass
9	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
10	by	by	ADP	_	12 child	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 child	det
12	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 kept	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 kept	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not keep	must · passive	a child	State which category of secret					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

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

Secrets concerning touching, weapons or someone being hurt

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Secrets	secret	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 hurt	nsubj:pass
2	concerning	concerning	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 touching	amod
3	touching	touching	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Secrets	nmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 weapons	punct
5	weapons	weapon	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 touching	conj
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 someone	cc
7	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	3 touching	conj
8	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 hurt	aux:pass
9	hurt	hurt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hurt	gerund · passive		Secrets concerning touching and weapons					vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 2

Secrets concerning a friend's harmless worries about the dark

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Secrets	secret	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
2	concerning	concern	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 worries	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 friend	det
4	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 worries	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 friend	case
6	harmless	harmless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 worries	amod
7	worries	worry	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Secrets	nmod
8	about	about	ADP	_	10 dark	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 dark	det
10	dark	dark	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 worries	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	concern	gerund							vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
2	worry		a friend					about the dark	nom worry «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent about=obl

Option 3

Secrets concerning a present yet to be given

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Secrets	secret	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
2	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Secrets	acl
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 present	det
4	present	present	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 concerning	obj
5	yet	yet	ADV	_	2 concerning	advmod
6	to	to	PART	_	8 given	mark
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 given	aux:pass
8	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 concerning	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	concern	gerund	Secrets not said here	a present			yet		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus present=Experiencer
2	give	to-infinitive · passive	Secrets not said here						vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»

Option 4

Secrets concerning a surprise birthday party

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Secrets	secret	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
2	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Secrets	acl
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 party	det
4	surprise	surprise	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 party	compound
5	birthday	birthday	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 party	compound
6	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 concerning	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	concern	gerund	Secrets not said here	a surprise birthday party					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus party=Experiencer

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