Exam question 3 · Strangers who want to chat privately

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises an offer of gifts made by an unknown participant conditional upon conversation in another application?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris, make, offer · To what, where: offer, gifts

This is exam question 3 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 offer	det
10	offer	offer	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 gifts	case
12	gifts	gift	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 offer	nmod
13	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 gifts	acl
14	by	by	ADP	_	17 participant	case
15	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 participant	det
16	unknown	unknown	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 participant	amod
17	participant	participant	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 made	obl
18	conditional	conditional	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 participant	amod
19	upon	upon	ADP	_	20 conversation	case
20	conversation	conversation	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 made	obl
21	in	in	ADP	_	23 application	case
22	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	23 application	det
23	application	application	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 conversation	nmod
24	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	a offer of gifts	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	make	participle	gifts not said here	by a unknown participant; upon conversation in another application	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
4	offer		gifts		nom offer «communication 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 right answer

It constitutes a recognised warning sign warranting adult intervention

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 constitutes	nsubj
2	constitutes	constitute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 sign	det
4	recognised	recognise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 sign	amod
5	warning	warning	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sign	compound
6	sign	sign	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 constitutes	obj
7	warranting	warrant	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 sign	acl
8	adult	adult	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 intervention	amod
9	intervention	intervention	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 warranting	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	constitute	present	It	a recognised warning sign	vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme sign=Pivot
2	recognise	participle			vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
3	warrant	gerund	a recognised warning sign not said here	adult intervention	tree rules

Option 2

It constitutes an official promotion of the game operator

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 constitutes	nsubj
2	constitutes	constitute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 promotion	det
4	official	official	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 promotion	amod
5	promotion	promotion	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 constitutes	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 operator	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 operator	det
8	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 operator	compound
9	operator	operator	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 promotion	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	constitute	present	It	a official promotion of the game operator					vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme promotion=Pivot
2	promote			the game operator					nom promotion «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

It is unobjectionable provided the gift is received first

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 unobjectionable	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 unobjectionable	cop
3	unobjectionable	unobjectionable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	provided	provide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 received	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 gift	det
6	gift	gift	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 received	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 received	aux:pass
8	received	receive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 unobjectionable	advcl
9	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	8 received	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	It		unobjectionable property	tree rules
2	provide	participle				vn ensure-99 «NP V that S»: agent=Precondition
3	receive	present · passive		the gift	first property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 4

It constitutes a customary and harmless act of online generosity

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 constitutes	nsubj
2	constitutes	constitute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 customary	det
4	customary	customary	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 constitutes	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 act	cc
6	harmless	harmless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 act	amod
7	act	act	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 customary	conj
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 generosity	case
9	online	online	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 generosity	amod
10	generosity	generosity	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 act	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	constitute	present	It	a customary and harmless act of online generosity					vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme customary=Pivot
2	act		online generosity						nom act «communication intransitive»: of=agent

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