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Exam question 3 · Snooping on phones, diaries and letters

It is given that a child, entrusted with a friend's telephone for the purpose of a game, read that friend's messages. Select the correct characterisation.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: game, you · What happens: give, entrust, read, purpose, select · To what, where: It, messages, correct characterisation

This is exam question 3 of lesson 357 «Snooping on phones, diaries and letters» 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

Sentence 1: It is given that a child, entrusted with a friend's telephone for the purpose of a game, read that friend's messages.

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 given	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 child	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 child	det
6	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 given	xcomp
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 entrusted	punct
8	entrusted	entrust	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 given	conj
9	with	with	ADP	_	13 telephone	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 friend	det
11	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 telephone	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 friend	case
13	telephone	telephone	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 entrusted	obl
14	for	for	ADP	_	16 purpose	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 purpose	det
16	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 telephone	nmod
17	of	of	ADP	_	19 game	case
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 game	det
19	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 purpose	nmod
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 read	punct
21	read	read	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 given	advcl
22	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	23 friend	det
23	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 messages	nmod:poss
24	's	's	PART	_	23 friend	case
25	messages	message	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 read	obj
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present · passive		It					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	entrust	participle						with a friend's telephone for the purpose of a game	vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent with telephone=Theme
3	read	infinitive		that friend's messages					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent message=Topic
4	purpose		a game						nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: of=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.

Sentence 2: Select the correct characterisation.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 characterisation	det
3	correct	correct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 characterisation	amod
4	characterisation	characterisation	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the correct characterisation					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent characterisation=Theme

The options

Option 1

The friend is responsible for the intrusion

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 friend	det
2	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 responsible	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 responsible	cop
4	responsible	responsible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 intrusion	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 intrusion	det
7	intrusion	intrusion	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 responsible	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the friend					for the intrusion; responsible property	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

The child acted entirely within the permission which had been given

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 acted	nsubj
3	acted	act	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	3 acted	advmod
5	within	within	ADP	_	7 permission	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 permission	det
7	permission	permission	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 acted	obl
8	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 given	nsubj
9	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 given	aux
10	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	11 given	aux:pass
11	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 permission	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	act	past	the child					within the permission; entirely property	vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	give	past · perfect · passive		the permission					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The child exceeded the trust granted and acted wrongly

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 exceeded	nsubj
3	exceeded	exceed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 trust	det
5	trust	trust	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 exceeded	obj
6	granted	grant	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 trust	acl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 acted	cc
8	acted	act	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 granted	conj
9	wrongly	wrongly	ADV	_	8 acted	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	exceed	past	the child	the trust					vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot trust=Theme
2	grant	participle		the trust not said here					vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
3	act	participle						wrongly property	vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

No wrong occurred as nothing was altered

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	2 wrong	det
2	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 occurred	nsubj
3	occurred	occur	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	as	as	SCONJ	_	7 altered	mark
5	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	7 altered	nsubj:pass
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 altered	aux:pass
7	altered	alter	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 occurred	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	occur	participle	no wrong						vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	alter	past · passive		nothing					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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