Exam question 4 · Getting help is not telling tales

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning a parental instruction never to inform on others.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, not inform · To what, where: response, parental instruction, others

This is exam question 4 of lesson 369 «Getting help is not telling tales» 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 instruction	det
11	parental	parental	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 instruction	amod
12	instruction	instruction	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
13	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	15 inform	advmod
14	to	to	PART	_	15 inform	mark
15	inform	inform	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 concerning	advcl
16	on	on	ADP	_	17 others	case
17	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 inform	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response		consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle					vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	a parental instruction			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus instruction=Experiencer
4	not inform speech: other	to-infinitive	the established facts not said here		others		vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: 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

Such an instruction applies to injuries, but not to cases of bullying

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	3 instruction	det:predet
2	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 instruction	det
3	instruction	instruction	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 applies	nsubj
4	applies	apply	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 injuries	case
6	injuries	injury	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 applies	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 cases	punct
8	but	but	CCONJ	_	11 cases	cc
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 cases	advmod
10	to	to	ADP	_	11 cases	case
11	cases	case	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 applies	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 bullying	case
13	bullying	bullying	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 cases	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	apply	present	such instruction					to injuries; to cases of bullying	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Such an instruction must be obeyed in every circumstance

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	3 instruction	det:predet
2	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 instruction	det
3	instruction	instruction	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 obeyed	nsubj:pass
4	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 obeyed	aux
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 obeyed	aux:pass
6	obeyed	obey	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 circumstance	case
8	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	9 circumstance	det
9	circumstance	circumstance	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 obeyed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	obey	must · passive		such instruction		every circumstance			vn abide_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3

Such an instruction is endorsed by all schools

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	3 instruction	det:predet
2	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 instruction	det
3	instruction	instruction	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 endorsed	nsubj:pass
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 endorsed	aux:pass
5	endorsed	endorse	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 schools	case
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 schools	det
8	schools	school	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 endorsed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	endorse	present · passive	all schools	such instruction					vn allow-64.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Beneficiary

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The safety of children takes precedence over such an instruction

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 safety	det
2	safety	safety	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 takes	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 children	case
4	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 safety	nmod
5	takes	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	precedence	precedence	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 takes	obj
7	over	over	ADP	_	10 instruction	case
8	such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	10 instruction	det:predet
9	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 instruction	det
10	instruction	instruction	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 takes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	present	the safety of children	precedence		such instruction			vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent precedence=Theme

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