Exam question 4 · Peer pressure, happy secrets and being trusted

State the reason for which a happy secret, such as a surprise present, should be kept.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · What happens: keep · To what, where: happy secret

This is exam question 4 of lesson 315 «Peer pressure, happy secrets and being trusted» 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	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 reason	det
3	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 State	appos
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	18 kept	obl
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 secret	det
7	happy	happy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 secret	amod
8	secret	secret	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 kept	nsubj:pass
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 present	punct
10	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	14 present	case
11	as	as	ADP	_	10 such	fixed
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 present	det
13	surprise	surprise	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 present	compound
14	present	present	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 secret	nmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 present	punct
16	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	18 kept	aux
17	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	18 kept	aux:pass
18	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 reason	acl:relcl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 State	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	should · passive		a happy secret such a surprise present				for the reason	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: 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

Secrets must always be kept without exception

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Secrets	secret	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 kept	nsubj:pass
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 kept	aux
3	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	5 kept	advmod
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 kept	aux:pass
5	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	without	without	ADP	_	7 exception	case
7	exception	exception	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 kept	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	must · passive		Secrets				without exception; always property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2

It is required by law

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 required	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 required	aux:pass
3	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 law	case
5	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 required	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present · passive	law	It					vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme subject=Precondition

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

Spoiling it takes the joy from the giver

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Spoiling	spoil	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 takes	csubj
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Spoiling	obj
3	takes	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 joy	det
5	joy	joy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 takes	obj
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 giver	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 giver	det
8	giver	giver	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 takes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spoil	gerund		it					tree rules
2	take	present	Spoiling	the joy		the giver			vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent joy=Theme from giver=Initial_Location

Option 4

The giver would otherwise demand payment

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 giver	det
2	giver	giver	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 demand	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 demand	aux
4	otherwise	otherwise	ADV	_	5 demand	advmod
5	demand	demand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	payment	payment	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 demand	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	demand speech: request	would	the giver	payment				otherwise property	vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme payment=Precondition

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