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Exam question 4 · Big kids, little kids and the truth at home

It is given that a child was told in kindness that a deceased pet had moved to a farm. Determine the response most commonly reported upon later discovery.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: deceased pet, you · What happens: give, tell, decease, move, determine, report · To what, where: It, child, kindness, farm, response · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 4 of lesson 433 «Big kids, little kids and the truth at home» 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

Sentence 1: It is given that a child was told in kindness that a deceased pet had moved to a farm.

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 given	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 told	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 child	det
6	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 told	nsubj:pass
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 told	aux:pass
8	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 given	advcl
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 kindness	case
10	kindness	kindness	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 told	obl
11	that	that	SCONJ	_	16 moved	mark
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 pet	det
13	deceased	decease	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 pet	amod
14	pet	pet	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 moved	nsubj
15	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 moved	aux
16	moved	move	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	10 kindness	acl
17	to	to	ADP	_	19 farm	case
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 farm	det
19	farm	farm	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 moved	obl
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present · passive		It					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	tell speech: assert	past · passive		a child		kindness			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient
3	decease	participle							vn die-42.4 «NP V»: agent=Patient
4	move	past · perfect	a deceased pet	kindness not said here		a farm			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent kindness=Theme to farm=Trajectory

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.

Sentence 2: Determine the response most commonly reported upon later discovery.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Determine	determine	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Determine	obj
4	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	5 commonly	advmod
5	commonly	commonly	ADV	_	6 reported	advmod
6	reported	report	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 response	acl
7	upon	upon	ADP	_	9 discovery	case
8	later	late	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	9 discovery	amod
9	discovery	discovery	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 reported	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Determine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	determine	imperative	you not said here	the response					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Topic
2	report	participle		the response not said here				upon later discovery; commonly property	vn characterize-29.2-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1

A wish that the deception had been maintained indefinitely

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 wish	det
2	wish	wish	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 maintained	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 deception	det
5	deception	deception	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 maintained	nsubj:pass
6	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 maintained	aux
7	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	8 maintained	aux:pass
8	maintained	maintain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 wish	acl:relcl
9	indefinitely	indefinitely	ADV	_	8 maintained	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	maintain	past · perfect · passive	a wish not said here	the deception				indefinitely property	vn declare-29.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Theme

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

A preference for having been told the truth gently

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 preference	det
2	preference	preference	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	for	for	SCONJ	_	6 told	mark
4	having	have	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 told	aux
5	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	6 told	aux:pass
6	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 preference	acl:relcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 truth	det
8	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 told	obj
9	gently	gently	ADV	_	6 told	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	gerund · perfect · passive	a preference not said here	the truth				gently property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: truth=Recipient

Option 3

Gratitude for the continued deception

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Gratitude	gratitude	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	for	for	ADP	_	5 deception	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 deception	det
4	continued	continue	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 deception	amod
5	deception	deception	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Gratitude	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	continue	participle							vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Indifference to the matter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Indifference	Indifference	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	to	to	ADP	_	4 matter	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 matter	det
4	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Indifference	nmod

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

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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