Exam question 4 · Peeking at presents and secrets

State the course of action most consistent with prudence where a child is troubled by something seen in a parent's correspondence.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, parent · What happens: state, trouble, see, correspond · To what, where: course, child, correspondence

This is exam question 4 of lesson 356 «Peeking at presents and secrets» 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	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 course	det
3	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 State	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 action	case
5	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 course	nmod
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 consistent	advmod
7	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 action	amod
8	with	with	ADP	_	9 prudence	case
9	prudence	prudence	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 consistent	obl
10	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	14 troubled	advmod
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 child	det
12	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 troubled	nsubj:pass
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 troubled	aux:pass
14	troubled	trouble	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 prudence	acl:relcl
15	by	by	ADP	_	16 something	case
16	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	14 troubled	obl
17	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 something	acl
18	in	in	ADP	_	22 correspondence	case
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 parent	det
20	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 correspondence	nmod:poss
21	's	's	PART	_	20 parent	case
22	correspondence	correspondence	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 seen	obl
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 State	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	state speech: other	imperative	you not said here	the course of action			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent course=Topic
2	trouble	present · passive		a child		by something	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer
3	see	participle			a parent's correspondence		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
4	correspond		a parent				nom correspondence «communication intransitive»: poss=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

The child acknowledges the intrusion and asks the parent directly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 child	det
2	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 acknowledges	nsubj
3	acknowledges	acknowledge	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 intrusion	det
5	intrusion	intrusion	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 acknowledges	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 asks	cc
7	asks	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 acknowledges	conj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 parent	det
9	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 asks	obj
10	directly	directly	ADV	_	7 asks	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	acknowledge	present	the child	the intrusion					vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent intrusion=Topic
2	ask speech: ask	present	the child not said here		the parent			directly property	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent parent=Recipient

Option 2

The child conducts a further and more careful examination of the correspondence

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 child	det
2	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 conducts	nsubj
3	conducts	conduct	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 further	det
5	further	far	ADV	Degree=Cmp	3 conducts	advmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 examination	cc
7	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	8 careful	advmod
8	careful	careful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 examination	amod
9	examination	examination	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 further	conj
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 correspondence	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 correspondence	det
12	correspondence	correspondence	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 examination	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conduct	present	the child					far property	vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	examine			the correspondence					nom examination «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

The child confides the matter to classmates

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 child	det
2	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 confides	nsubj
3	confides	confide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 matter	det
5	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 confides	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 classmates	case
7	classmates	classmate	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 confides	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	confide speech: other	present	the child	the matter	classmates				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent matter=Topic to classmate=Recipient

Option 4

The child conceals the matter indefinitely

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 child	det
2	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 conceals	nsubj
3	conceals	conceal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 matter	det
5	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 conceals	obj
6	indefinitely	indefinitely	ADV	_	3 conceals	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conceal	present	the child	the matter				indefinitely property	vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent matter=Patient

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