Exam question 4 · Little lies at home

Determine which course of action is most likely to diminish the consequences of a minor falsehood.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, action · What happens: determine, be, diminish · To what, where: course, consequences

This is exam question 4 of lesson 336 «Little lies at home» 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	Determine	determine	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	3 course	det
3	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Determine	obj
4	of	of	SCONJ	_	8 likely	mark
5	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 likely	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 likely	cop
7	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	8 likely	advmod
8	likely	likely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 course	acl
9	to	to	PART	_	10 diminish	mark
10	diminish	diminish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 likely	xcomp
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 consequences	det
12	consequences	consequence	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 diminish	obj
13	of	of	ADP	_	16 falsehood	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 falsehood	det
15	minor	minor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 falsehood	amod
16	falsehood	falsehood	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 consequences	nmod
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Determine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	determine	imperative	you not said here	which course		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent course=Topic
2	is	present	action	which course not said here	likely property	tree rules
3	diminish	to-infinitive	action not said here	the consequences of a minor falsehood		vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Causer consequence=Patient

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

A voluntary admission made promptly, prior to discovery

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 admission	det
2	voluntary	voluntary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 admission	amod
3	admission	admission	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 admission	acl
5	promptly	promptly	ADV	_	4 made	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 discovery	punct
7	prior	prior	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	9 discovery	case
8	to	to	ADP	_	7 prior	fixed
9	discovery	discovery	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 admission	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	participle		a voluntary admission and discovery not said here				promptly property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset

Option 2

The attribution of the fault to a younger child

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 attribution	det
2	attribution	attribution	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 fault	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 fault	det
5	fault	fault	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 attribution	nmod
6	to	to	ADP	_	9 child	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 child	det
8	younger	young	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	9 child	amod
9	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 attribution	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	attribute			the fault				to a younger child	nom attribution «cognition transitive»: of=patient to=obl

Option 3

The avoidance of the person deceived for some days

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 avoidance	det
2	avoidance	avoidance	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 deceived	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 person	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 person	det
5	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 avoidance	nmod
6	deceived	deceive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 days	case
8	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	9 days	det
9	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 deceived	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	deceive	past	the avoidance of the person				day		vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	avoid			the person					nom avoidance «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

A more elaborate repetition of the original falsehood

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 repetition	det
2	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	3 elaborate	advmod
3	elaborate	elaborate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 repetition	amod
4	repetition	repetition	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 falsehood	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 falsehood	det
7	original	original	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 falsehood	amod
8	falsehood	falsehood	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 repetition	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	repeat		the original falsehood						nom repetition «event intransitive»: of=agent

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