Exam question 4 · Strangers who want to chat privately

State the principle consistent with the established facts concerning a proposed meeting in person with an acquaintance made online.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: established facts, person · What happens: establish, concern, propose, make · To what, where: proposed meeting

This is exam question 4 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	State	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 consistent	nsubj
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 consistent	det
3	principle	principle	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 consistent	amod
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
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 meeting	det
11	proposed	propose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 meeting	amod
12	meeting	meeting	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
13	in	in	ADP	_	14 person	case
14	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 made	nsubj
15	with	with	ADP	_	17 acquaintance	case
16	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 acquaintance	det
17	acquaintance	acquaintance	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 person	nmod
18	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 meeting	acl:relcl
19	online	online	ADV	_	18 made	advmod
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 consistent	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
2	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	a proposed meeting		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus meeting=Experiencer
3	propose	participle				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
4	make	past	person with a acquaintance	a proposed meeting not said here	online property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meeting=Product

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

Such a meeting is permissible during daylight hours

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	3 meeting	det:predet
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 meeting	det
3	meeting	meeting	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 permissible	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 permissible	cop
5	permissible	permissible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	during	during	ADP	_	8 hours	case
7	daylight	daylight	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 hours	compound
8	hours	hour	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 permissible	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	such meeting				hour	permissible property	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No such meeting ought to take place without full parental involvement

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	3 meeting	det
2	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 meeting	amod
3	meeting	meeting	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 take	nsubj
4	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 take	aux
5	to	to	PART	_	6 take	mark
6	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 take	obj
8	without	without	ADP	_	11 involvement	case
9	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 involvement	amod
10	parental	parental	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 involvement	amod
11	involvement	involvement	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 take	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	ought	no such meeting	place				without full parental involvement	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Theme

Option 3

Such a meeting is permissible if a friend attends

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	3 meeting	det:predet
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 meeting	det
3	meeting	meeting	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 permissible	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 permissible	cop
5	permissible	permissible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	if	if	SCONJ	_	9 attends	mark
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 friend	det
8	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 attends	nsubj
9	attends	attend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 permissible	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	such meeting					permissible property	tree rules
2	attend a condition, not said to happen	present	a friend						vn caring-75.2-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Such a meeting is permissible in any public place, such as a park or a shopping centre

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	3 meeting	det:predet
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 meeting	det
3	meeting	meeting	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 permissible	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 permissible	cop
5	permissible	permissible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 place	case
7	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	9 place	det
8	public	public	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 place	amod
9	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 permissible	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 park	punct
11	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	14 park	case
12	as	as	ADP	_	11 such	fixed
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 park	det
14	park	park	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 place	appos
15	or	or	CCONJ	_	18 centre	cc
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 centre	det
17	shopping	shopping	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 centre	compound
18	centre	centre	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 place	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	such meeting			any public place or a shopping centre		permissible property	tree rules

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