Exam question 2 · Strangers who want to chat privately

Whereas a participant has requested that a pupil conceal their acquaintance from the pupil's parents, select the response most consistent with established guidance.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: pupil, you, their · What happens: request, conceal, select, establish, acquaint · To what, where: participant, acquaintance, response

This is exam question 2 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	Whereas	whereas	SCONJ	_	5 requested	mark
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 participant	det
3	participant	participant	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 requested	nsubj:pass
4	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 requested	aux
5	requested	request	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	18 select	advcl
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 conceal	mark
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 pupil	det
8	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 conceal	nsubj
9	conceal	conceal	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 requested	advcl
10	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 acquaintance	nmod:poss
11	acquaintance	acquaintance	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 conceal	obj
12	from	from	ADP	_	16 parents	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 pupil	det
14	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 parents	nmod:poss
15	's	's	PART	_	14 pupil	case
16	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 conceal	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 requested	punct
18	select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 response	det
20	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 select	obj
21	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	22 consistent	advmod
22	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 response	amod
23	with	with	ADP	_	25 guidance	case
24	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	25 guidance	amod
25	guidance	guidance	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 consistent	obl
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	18 select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	request	present · perfect · passive		a participant		vn beg-58.2 «NP V NP S_INF»: subject=Recipient
2	conceal	infinitive	a pupil	their acquaintance	from the pupil's parents	vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent acquaintance=Patient from parent=Beneficiary
3	select	imperative	you not said here	the response		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
4	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
5	acquaint		their = they			nom acquaintance «cognition 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

The pupil ought to honour the request in good faith

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 honour	nsubj
3	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 honour	aux
4	to	to	PART	_	5 honour	mark
5	honour	honour	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 request	det
7	request	request	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 honour	obj
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 faith	case
9	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 faith	amod
10	faith	faith	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 honour	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	honour	ought	the pupil	the request		good faith			tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The pupil ought to inform his parents without delay

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 inform	nsubj
3	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 inform	aux
4	to	to	PART	_	5 inform	mark
5	inform	inform	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 parents	nmod:poss
7	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 inform	obj
8	without	without	ADP	_	9 delay	case
9	delay	delay	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 inform	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	inform speech: other	ought	the pupil		pupil's parents			without delay	vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent parent=Recipient

Option 3

The pupil ought to inform no person whatsoever

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 inform	nsubj
3	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 inform	aux
4	to	to	PART	_	5 inform	mark
5	inform	inform	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	7 person	det
7	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 inform	obj
8	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	5 inform	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	inform speech: other	ought	the pupil		no person			whatsoever property	vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent person=Recipient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

The pupil ought first to seek the participant's reasons

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	6 seek	nsubj
3	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 seek	aux
4	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	6 seek	advmod
5	to	to	PART	_	6 seek	mark
6	seek	seek	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 participant	det
8	participant	participant	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 reasons	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 participant	case
10	reasons	reason	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 seek	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	seek	ought	the pupil	the participant's reasons				first property	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Theme

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