Exam question 3 · Leaving someone out

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the disclosure to a class of a private matter confided by a friend?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris, confide · To what, where: disclosure, private matter

This is exam question 3 of lesson 347 «Leaving someone out» 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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 disclosure	det
10	disclosure	disclosure	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	to	to	ADP	_	13 class	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 class	det
13	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	17 matter	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 matter	det
16	private	private	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 matter	amod
17	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 class	nmod
18	confided	confide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	17 matter	acl
19	by	by	ADP	_	21 friend	case
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 friend	det
21	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 confided	obl:agent
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the disclosure	of the following statements; to a class of a private matter; accurately property	tree rules
3	confide speech: other	participle	a private matter not said here		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

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

It constitutes a breach of trust which exposes the friend to ridicule

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 constitutes	nsubj
2	constitutes	constitute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 breach	det
4	breach	breach	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 constitutes	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 trust	case
6	trust	trust	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 breach	nmod
7	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 exposes	nsubj
8	exposes	expose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 breach	acl:relcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 friend	det
10	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 exposes	obj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 ridicule	mark
12	ridicule	ridicule	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 exposes	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	constitute	present	It	a breach of trust	vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme breach=Pivot
2	expose	present	a breach of trust	the friend	vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot friend=Topic
3	ridicule	to-infinitive	a breach of trust not said here		vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	breach			trust	nom breach «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

It strengthens the friendship, since the matter is now openly known to all

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 strengthens	nsubj
2	strengthens	strengthen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 friendship	det
4	friendship	friendship	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 strengthens	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 known	punct
6	since	since	SCONJ	_	12 known	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 matter	det
8	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 known	nsubj:pass
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 known	aux:pass
10	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 known	advmod
11	openly	openly	ADV	_	12 known	advmod
12	known	know	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 strengthens	parataxis
13	to	to	ADP	_	14 all	case
14	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	12 known	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	strengthen	present	It	the friendship					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent friendship=Patient
2	know	present · passive		the matter			now	to all; openly property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus

Option 3

It is permissible where the matter is trivial

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 permissible	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 permissible	cop
3	permissible	permissible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	8 trivial	advmod
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 matter	det
6	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 trivial	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 trivial	cop
8	trivial	trivial	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 permissible	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					permissible property	tree rules
2	is	present	the matter					trivial property	tree rules

Option 4

It constitutes a harmless amusement

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 constitutes	nsubj
2	constitutes	constitute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 amusement	det
4	harmless	harmless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 amusement	amod
5	amusement	amusement	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 constitutes	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	constitute	present	It	a harmless amusement					vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme amusement=Pivot

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