Exam question 3 · When not to keep a friend's secret

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning disclosure to a trusted adult that a friend is being harmed.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts, trusted adult · What happens: select, establish, concern, trust, harm · To what, where: response, disclosure, friend

This is exam question 3 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	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	disclosure	disclosure	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
11	to	to	ADP	_	14 adult	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 adult	det
13	trusted	trust	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 adult	amod
14	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obl
15	that	that	SCONJ	_	20 harmed	mark
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 friend	det
17	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 harmed	nsubj:pass
18	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 harmed	aux:pass
19	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	20 harmed	aux:pass
20	harmed	harm	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 adult	acl
21	.	.	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	disclosure	to a trusted adult	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus disclosure=Experiencer
4	trust	participle				vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
5	harm	present · passive	a trusted adult not said here	a friend		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer

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

It constitutes a betrayal of friendship

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	2 constitutes	nsubj
2	constitutes	constitute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 betrayal	det
4	betrayal	betrayal	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 constitutes	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 friendship	case
6	friendship	friendship	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 betrayal	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	constitute	present	It	a betrayal of friendship					vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme betrayal=Pivot
2	betray			friendship					nom betrayal «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It constitutes assistance and not betrayal

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	2 constitutes	nsubj
2	constitutes	constitute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	assistance	assistance	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 constitutes	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 betrayal	cc
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 betrayal	advmod
6	betrayal	betrayal	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 assistance	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	constitute	present	It	assistance and betrayal					vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme assistance=Pivot

Option 3

It is of no benefit to the friend

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	5 benefit	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 benefit	cop
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 benefit	case
4	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 benefit	det
5	benefit	benefit	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 friend	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 friend	det
8	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 benefit	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					of no benefit; to the friend	tree rules

Option 4

It is permissible only with the friend's express consent

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 permissible	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 permissible	cop
3	permissible	permissible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	only	only	ADV	_	10 consent	advmod
5	with	with	ADP	_	10 consent	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 friend	det
7	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 consent	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 friend	case
9	express	express	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 consent	amod
10	consent	consent	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 permissible	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					with the friend's express consent; permissible property	tree rules
2	consent		the friend						nom consent «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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