Exam question 4 · Snooping on phones, diaries and letters
State the course of action most consistent with propriety in respect of a sealed school report addressed to a pupil's parents.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: state, seal, address, respect · To what, where: course, sealed school report
This is exam question 4 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
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 propriety | case |
| 9 | propriety | propriety | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 consistent | obl |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 respect | case |
| 11 | respect | respect | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 propriety | nmod |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 report | case |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 report | det |
| 14 | sealed | seal | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 16 report | amod |
| 15 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 report | compound |
| 16 | report | report | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 respect | nmod |
| 17 | addressed | address | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 16 report | acl |
| 18 | to | to | ADP | _ | 22 parents | case |
| 19 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 20 pupil | det |
| 20 | pupil | pupil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 parents | nmod:poss |
| 21 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 20 pupil | case |
| 22 | parents | parent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 addressed | obl |
| 23 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 State | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | 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 | seal | participle | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | ||||||
| 3 | address | participle | a sealed school report not said here | to a pupil's parents | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | respect | a sealed school report | nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=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
It is read aloud to classmates
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 read | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 read | aux:pass |
| 3 | read | read | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | aloud | aloud | ADV | _ | 3 read | advmod |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 classmates | case |
| 6 | classmates | classmate | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 read | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | read | present · passive | It | classmates | aloud property | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Topic to classmate=Recipient |
Option 2
It is opened and resealed by the pupil
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 opened | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 opened | aux:pass |
| 3 | opened | open | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 resealed | cc |
| 5 | resealed | reseal | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 opened | conj |
| 6 | by | by | ADP | _ | 8 pupil | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 pupil | det |
| 8 | pupil | pupil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 resealed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | open | present · passive | It | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | reseal | participle | by the pupil | tree rules |
Option 3
It is retained by the pupil until the holidays
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 retained | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 retained | aux:pass |
| 3 | retained | retain | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | by | by | ADP | _ | 6 pupil | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 pupil | det |
| 6 | pupil | pupil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 retained | obl |
| 7 | until | until | ADP | _ | 9 holidays | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 holidays | det |
| 9 | holidays | holiday | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 retained | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | retain | present · passive | the pupil | It | until the holidays | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
It is delivered unopened to the parents
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 delivered | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 delivered | aux:pass |
| 3 | delivered | deliver | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | unopened | unopened | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 delivered | xcomp |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 parents | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 parents | det |
| 7 | parents | parent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 delivered | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | deliver | present · passive | It | the parents | unopened property | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to parent=Destination |
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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