Exam question 1 · When not to keep a friend's secret

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the distinction between a surprise and a secret which ought to be disclosed?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris, disclose · To what, where: distinction

This is exam question 1 of lesson 437 «When not to keep a friend's secret» 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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 distinction	det
10	distinction	distinction	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	between	between	ADP	_	13 surprise	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 surprise	det
13	surprise	surprise	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 distinction	nmod
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 secret	cc
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 secret	det
16	secret	secret	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 distinction	conj
17	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	21 disclosed	nsubj:pass
18	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	21 disclosed	aux
19	to	to	PART	_	21 disclosed	mark
20	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	21 disclosed	aux:pass
21	disclosed	disclose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 distinction	acl:relcl
22	?	?	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	the distinction and a secret	of the following statements; between a surprise; accurately property	tree rules
3	disclose	ought · passive	the distinction and a secret		vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic

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 surprise is temporary and occasions pleasure; a secret occasioning fear or distress ought to be disclosed

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 surprise	det
2	surprise	surprise	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 temporary	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 temporary	cop
4	temporary	temporary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 pleasure	cc
6	occasions	occasion	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 pleasure	nsubj
7	pleasure	pleasure	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 temporary	conj
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	18 disclosed	punct
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 secret	det
10	secret	secret	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 disclosed	nsubj:pass
11	occasioning	occasion	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 secret	acl
12	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 occasioning	obj
13	or	or	CCONJ	_	14 distress	cc
14	distress	distress	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 fear	conj
15	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	18 disclosed	aux
16	to	to	PART	_	18 disclosed	mark
17	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	18 disclosed	aux:pass
18	disclosed	disclose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 temporary	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	a surprise		temporary property	tree rules
2	pleasure	present	occasions			tree rules
3	occasion	gerund	a secret not said here	fear or distress		tree rules
4	disclose	ought · passive		a secret		vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic

Option 2

All secrets are to be preserved without exception, whatever their content

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	All	all	DET	PronType=Tot	2 secrets	det
2	secrets	secret	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 preserved	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 preserved	aux:pass
4	to	to	PART	_	6 preserved	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 preserved	aux:pass
6	preserved	preserve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	without	without	ADP	_	8 exception	case
8	exception	exception	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 preserved	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 whatever	punct
10	whatever	whatever	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 exception	appos
11	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 content	nmod:poss
12	content	content	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 whatever	nsubj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	preserve	present · passive		all secrets				without exception	vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary

Option 3

No distinction exists between them, both being forms of concealment

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	2 distinction	det
2	distinction	distinction	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 exists	nsubj
3	exists	exist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	between	between	ADP	_	5 them	case
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 exists	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 forms	punct
7	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	9 forms	det
8	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 forms	cop
9	forms	form	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 exists	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 concealment	case
11	concealment	concealment	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 forms	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	exist	present	no distinction					between them = they	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme between they=Location
2	is a	gerund		both forms				of concealment	tree rules

Option 4

All surprises are to be disclosed at once

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	All	all	DET	PronType=Tot	2 surprises	det
2	surprises	surprise	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 disclosed	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 disclosed	aux:pass
4	to	to	PART	_	6 disclosed	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 disclosed	aux:pass
6	disclosed	disclose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 once	case
8	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	6 disclosed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	disclose	present · passive		all surprises					vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic

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