Exam question 1 · Strangers who want to chat privately

Identify the information which a pupil ought to withhold from a person known to him solely through an online game.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, pupil · What happens: identify, withhold, know · To what, where: information, person, pupil, online game

This is exam question 1 of lesson 410 «Strangers who want to chat privately» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 information	det
3	information	information	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 withhold	obj
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 pupil	det
6	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 withhold	nsubj
7	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 withhold	aux
8	to	to	PART	_	9 withhold	mark
9	withhold	withhold	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 information	acl:relcl
10	from	from	ADP	_	12 person	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 person	det
12	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 withhold	obl
13	known	know	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 person	acl
14	to	to	ADP	_	15 him	case
15	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 known	obl
16	solely	solely	ADV	_	13 known	advmod
17	through	through	ADP	_	20 game	case
18	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 game	det
19	online	online	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 game	amod
20	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 known	obl
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the information				vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent information=Theme
2	withhold	ought	a pupil	the information			from a person	tree rules
3	know	participle		a person not said here	pupil	a online game	solely property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

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 pupil's preferred colour for his character within the game

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 pupil	det
2	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 colour	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 pupil	case
4	preferred	preferred	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 colour	amod
5	colour	colour	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 character	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 character	nmod:poss
8	character	character	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 colour	nmod
9	within	within	ADP	_	11 game	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 game	det
11	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 colour	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2

The pupil's opinion of a particular level

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 pupil	det
2	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 opinion	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 pupil	case
4	opinion	opinion	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 level	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 level	det
7	particular	particular	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 level	amod
8	level	level	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 opinion	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	opine		the pupil	a particular level					nom opinion «cognition transitive»: poss=agent of=patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The pupil's real name, age, school and address

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 pupil	det
2	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 name	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 pupil	case
4	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 name	amod
5	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 age	punct
7	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 name	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 school	punct
9	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 name	conj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 address	cc
11	address	address	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 name	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	name		the pupil						nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

The name of the pupil's favourite game

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 name	det
2	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	8 game	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 pupil	det
5	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 game	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 pupil	case
7	favourite	favourite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 game	amod
8	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 name	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	name			the pupil's favourite game					nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient

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