Exam question 3 · A stranger's story

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a request by an adult that a child conceal a matter from the child's parents?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: child · What happens: follow, characteris, conceal · To what, where: request, matter

This is exam question 3 of lesson 446 «A stranger's story» 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	1 Which	nmod
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	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 request	det
10	request	request	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	by	by	ADP	_	13 adult	case
12	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 adult	det
13	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obl
14	that	that	SCONJ	_	17 conceal	mark
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 child	det
16	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 conceal	nsubj
17	conceal	conceal	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 characterises	advcl
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 matter	det
19	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 conceal	obj
20	from	from	ADP	_	24 parents	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 child	det
22	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 parents	nmod:poss
23	's	's	PART	_	22 child	case
24	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 conceal	obl
25	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		a request	by a adult; accurately property	tree rules
3	conceal	infinitive	a child	a matter	from the child's parents	vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent matter=Patient from parent=Beneficiary

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 an ordinary feature of a surprise

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	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 feature	det
4	ordinary	ordinary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 feature	amod
5	feature	feature	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 constitutes	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 surprise	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 surprise	det
8	surprise	surprise	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 feature	nmod

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

Option 2

It is acceptable when made by a talent scout who appears on television

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 acceptable	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 acceptable	cop
3	acceptable	acceptable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	when	when	SCONJ	_	5 made	mark
5	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 acceptable	advcl
6	by	by	ADP	_	9 scout	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 scout	det
8	talent	talent	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 scout	compound
9	scout	scout	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 made	obl
10	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 appears	nsubj
11	appears	appear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 scout	acl:relcl
12	on	on	ADP	_	13 television	case
13	television	television	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 appears	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	is	present	It		acceptable property	tree rules
2	make	participle			by a talent scout	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
3	appear	present	a talent scout	television		vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on television=Location

Option 3

It is acceptable when accompanied by a gift

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 acceptable	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 acceptable	cop
3	acceptable	acceptable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	5 accompanied	advmod
5	accompanied	accompany	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 acceptable	advcl
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 gift	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 gift	det
8	gift	gift	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 accompanied	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					acceptable property	tree rules
2	accompany	participle						by a gift	vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent by gift=Destination

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It constitutes a serious indication of danger and should be reported

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	5 indication	det
4	serious	serious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 indication	amod
5	indication	indication	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 constitutes	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 danger	case
7	danger	danger	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 indication	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 reported	cc
9	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 reported	aux
10	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	11 reported	aux:pass
11	reported	report	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 constitutes	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	constitute	present	It	a serious indication of danger	vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme indication=Pivot
2	report	should · passive			vn characterize-29.2-1-2 «NP V NP»
3	indicate			danger	nom indication «communication transitive»: of=patient

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