Exam question 2 · The friend with a PS6

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the discovery of a boastful falsehood told by a friend who feels inferior.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts, friend · What happens: select, establish, concern, tell, feel, discover · To what, where: response, discovery, boastful falsehood · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 2 of lesson 434 «The friend with a PS6» 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	Select	select	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 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 discovery	det
11	discovery	discovery	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	15 falsehood	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 falsehood	det
14	boastful	boastful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 falsehood	amod
15	falsehood	falsehood	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 discovery	nmod
16	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 falsehood	acl
17	by	by	ADP	_	19 friend	case
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 friend	det
19	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 told	obl:agent
20	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	21 feels	nsubj
21	feels	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 friend	acl:relcl
22	inferior	inferior	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 feels	xcomp
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the discovery of a boastful falsehood		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus discovery=Experiencer
4	tell speech: assert	participle		a boastful falsehood not said here		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	feel	present	a friend		inferior property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
6	discover			a boastful falsehood		nom discovery «act 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

A kind response may preserve the friendship

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 response	det
2	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	amod
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 preserve	nsubj
4	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 preserve	aux
5	preserve	preserve	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 friendship	det
7	friendship	friendship	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 preserve	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	preserve	may	a kind response	the friendship					vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friendship=Beneficiary

Option 2

Public exposure before the class is invariably required

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Public	public	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 exposure	amod
2	exposure	exposure	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 required	nsubj:pass
3	before	before	ADP	_	5 class	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 class	det
5	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 exposure	nmod
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 required	aux:pass
7	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	8 required	advmod
8	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present · passive		Public exposure before the class				invariably property	vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Precondition

Option 3

The falsehood must be repeated to others

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 falsehood	det
2	falsehood	falsehood	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 repeated	nsubj:pass
3	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 repeated	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 repeated	aux:pass
5	repeated	repeat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 others	case
7	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 repeated	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	repeat	must · passive		the falsehood	others				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Topic to other=Recipient

Option 4

The friendship must be terminated

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 friendship	det
2	friendship	friendship	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 terminated	nsubj:pass
3	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 terminated	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 terminated	aux:pass
5	terminated	terminate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	terminate	must · passive		the friendship					vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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