Exam question 4 · Adults who help and adults who don't
State the conduct most conducive to the protection of a child who has disclosed mistreatment to a parent.
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, child · What happens: state, disclose, protect · To what, where: conduct, mistreatment, child
This is exam question 4 of lesson 392 «Adults who help and adults who don't» 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 conduct | det |
| 3 | conduct | conduct | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 State | obj |
| 4 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 5 conducive | advmod |
| 5 | conducive | conducive | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 conduct | amod |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 protection | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 protection | det |
| 8 | protection | protection | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 conducive | obl |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 child | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 child | det |
| 11 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 protection | nmod |
| 12 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 14 disclosed | nsubj |
| 13 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 disclosed | aux |
| 14 | disclosed | disclose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 11 child | acl:relcl |
| 15 | mistreatment | mistreatment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 disclosed | xcomp |
| 16 | to | to | ADP | _ | 18 parent | case |
| 17 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 parent | det |
| 18 | parent | parent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 disclosed | obl |
| 19 | . | . | 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 conduct | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent conduct=Topic | ||||
| 2 | disclose | present · perfect | a child | mistreatment | to a parent | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Pivot to parent=Experiencer | |||
| 3 | protect | a child | nom protection «act 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
The parent instructs the child to retaliate
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 parent | det |
| 2 | parent | parent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 instructs | nsubj |
| 3 | instructs | instruct | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 child | det |
| 5 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 instructs | obj |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 retaliate | mark |
| 7 | retaliate | retaliate | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 instructs | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | instruct speech: other | present | the parent | the child | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent child=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | retaliate | to-infinitive | the parent not said here | vn rebel-71.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The parent listens, thanks the child and contacts the school
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 parent | det |
| 2 | parent | parent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 listens | nsubj |
| 3 | listens | listen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 thanks | punct |
| 5 | thanks | thank | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 listens | conj |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 child | det |
| 7 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 thanks | obj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 contacts | cc |
| 9 | contacts | contact | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 listens | conj |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 school | det |
| 11 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 contacts | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | listen | present | the parent | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | thank speech: thank | present | the parent not said here | the child | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Theme | ||||
| 3 | contact | present | the parent not said here | the school | tree rules |
Option 3
The parent defers all action for a month
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 parent | det |
| 2 | parent | parent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 defers | nsubj |
| 3 | defers | defer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 action | det |
| 5 | action | action | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 defers | obj |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 month | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 month | det |
| 8 | month | month | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 defers | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | defer | present | the parent | all action | month | vn delay-53.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent action=Source |
Option 4
The parent confronts the other children personally at the school gate
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 parent | det |
| 2 | parent | parent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 confronts | nsubj |
| 3 | confronts | confront | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 children | det |
| 5 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 children | amod |
| 6 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 confronts | obj |
| 7 | personally | personally | ADV | _ | 3 confronts | advmod |
| 8 | at | at | ADP | _ | 11 gate | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 gate | det |
| 10 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 gate | compound |
| 11 | gate | gate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 confronts | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | confront | present | the parent | the other children | the school gate | personally property | vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Theme |
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