Exam question 4 · Spending money online without asking
State the course of action most consistent with prudence where a person met only online requests a child's home address.
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, person, child · What happens: state, meet, address · To what, where: course, online requests
This is exam question 4 of lesson 362 «Spending money online without asking» 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 | 13 met | advmod |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 person | det |
| 12 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 met | nsubj |
| 13 | met | meet | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 prudence | acl |
| 14 | only | only | ADV | _ | 16 requests | advmod |
| 15 | online | online | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 requests | amod |
| 16 | requests | request | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 met | obj |
| 17 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 child | det |
| 18 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 address | nmod:poss |
| 19 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 18 child | case |
| 20 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 address | compound |
| 21 | address | address | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 requests | nmod |
| 22 | . | . | 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 | meet | past | a person | online requests a child's home address | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent request=Co-Agent | ||||
| 3 | address | a child | nom address «communication transitive»: 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
Only the street is supplied
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 3 street | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 street | det |
| 3 | street | street | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 supplied | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 supplied | aux:pass |
| 5 | supplied | supply | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | supply | present · passive | the street | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
The address is supplied if the person seems friendly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 address | det |
| 2 | address | address | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 supplied | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 supplied | aux:pass |
| 4 | supplied | supply | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 8 seems | mark |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 person | det |
| 7 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 seems | nsubj |
| 8 | seems | seem | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 supplied | advcl |
| 9 | friendly | friendly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 seems | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | supply | present · passive | the address | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient | |||||
| 2 | seem a condition, not said to happen | present | the person | friendly property | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
The address is supplied after a week of acquaintance
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 address | det |
| 2 | address | address | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 supplied | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 supplied | aux:pass |
| 4 | supplied | supply | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | after | after | ADP | _ | 7 week | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 week | det |
| 7 | week | week | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 supplied | obl |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 acquaintance | case |
| 9 | acquaintance | acquaintance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 week | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | supply | present · passive | the address | week | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
The address is withheld and a trusted adult informed
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 address | det |
| 2 | address | address | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 withheld | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 withheld | aux:pass |
| 4 | withheld | withhold | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 informed | cc |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 adult | det |
| 7 | trusted | trust | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 adult | amod |
| 8 | adult | adult | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 informed | nsubj |
| 9 | informed | inform | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 withheld | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | withhold | present · passive | the address | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | trust | participle | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | inform speech: other | participle | a trusted adult | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent |
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