Exam question 2 · When not to keep a friend's secret

Identify the principal indication of danger in an adult's request, made online, that a child conceal communications from his parents.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, child, adult · What happens: identify, make, conceal, indicate, request · To what, where: principal indication, communications, danger

This is exam question 2 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 indication	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 indication	amod
4	indication	indication	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 danger	case
6	danger	danger	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 indication	nmod
7	in	in	ADP	_	11 request	case
8	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 adult	det
9	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 request	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 adult	case
11	request	request	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 danger	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 made	punct
13	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Identify	parataxis
14	online	online	ADV	_	13 made	advmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 conceal	punct
16	that	that	SCONJ	_	19 conceal	mark
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 child	det
18	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 conceal	nsubj
19	conceal	conceal	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Identify	conj
20	communications	communication	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 conceal	obj
21	from	from	ADP	_	23 parents	case
22	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	23 parents	nmod:poss
23	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 conceal	obl
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal indication of danger in a adult's request		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent indication=Theme
2	make	past			online property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
3	conceal	infinitive	a child	communications	from child's parents	vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent communication=Patient from parent=Beneficiary
4	indicate			danger in a adult's request		nom indication «communication transitive»: of=patient
5	request		a adult			nom request «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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 time of day of the communication

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 time	det
2	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 day	case
4	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 time	nmod
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 communication	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 communication	det
7	communication	communication	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 day	nmod

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

Option 2

The use of a computer for the communication

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 use	det
2	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 computer	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 computer	det
5	computer	computer	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 use	nmod
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 communication	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 communication	det
8	communication	communication	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 use	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use			a computer				for the communication	nom use «act transitive»: of=patient for=obl

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The request for secrecy from parents itself

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 request	det
2	request	request	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	4 secrecy	case
4	secrecy	secrecy	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 request	nmod
5	from	from	ADP	_	6 parents	case
6	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 request	nmod
7	itself	itself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Emp Reflex=Yes	2 request	nmod

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

Option 4

The friendly manner of the adult

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 manner	det
2	friendly	friendly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 manner	amod
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 adult	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 adult	det
6	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 manner	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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