Exam question 3 · The fake friend online

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a request by an online acquaintance to meet a child without the knowledge of the child's parents?

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

This is exam question 3 of lesson 447 «The fake friend online» 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	_	14 acquaintance	case
12	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 acquaintance	det
13	online	online	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 acquaintance	amod
14	acquaintance	acquaintance	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obl
15	to	to	PART	_	16 meet	mark
16	meet	meet	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 characterises	advcl
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 child	det
18	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 meet	obj
19	without	without	ADP	_	21 knowledge	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 knowledge	det
21	knowledge	knowledge	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 meet	obl
22	of	of	ADP	_	26 parents	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 child	det
24	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 parents	nmod:poss
25	's	's	PART	_	24 child	case
26	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 knowledge	nmod
27	?	?	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	a request	by a online acquaintance; accurately property	tree rules
3	meet	to-infinitive	a child	without the knowledge of the child's parents	vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Co-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 right answer

It constitutes a serious indication of danger and must 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	must	must	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	must · passive			vn characterize-29.2-1-2 «NP V NP»
3	indicate			danger	nom indication «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

It is acceptable if the meeting place is public

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	if	if	SCONJ	_	9 public	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 place	det
6	meeting	meeting	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 place	compound
7	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 public	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 public	cop
9	public	public	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 acceptable	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					acceptable property	tree rules
2	is a condition, not said to happen	present	the meeting place					public property	tree rules

Option 3

It is acceptable if a second child attends

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	if	if	SCONJ	_	8 attends	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 child	det
6	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	7 child	amod
7	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 attends	nsubj
8	attends	attend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 acceptable	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					acceptable property	tree rules
2	attend a condition, not said to happen	present	a second child						vn caring-75.2-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

It constitutes an ordinary feature of online 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	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 friendship	case
7	online	online	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 friendship	amod
8	friendship	friendship	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 online friendship					vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme feature=Pivot
2	feature			online friendship					nom feature «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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