Exam question 4 · The fake friend online

Determine the appropriate response of a child who receives a threat from an online acquaintance.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, child · What happens: determine, receive · To what, where: appropriate response, threat, online acquaintance

This is exam question 4 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	Determine	determine	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 response	det
3	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 response	amod
4	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Determine	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 child	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 child	det
7	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 response	nmod
8	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 receives	nsubj
9	receives	receive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 child	acl:relcl
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 threat	det
11	threat	threat	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 receives	obj
12	from	from	ADP	_	15 acquaintance	case
13	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 acquaintance	det
14	online	online	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 acquaintance	amod
15	acquaintance	acquaintance	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 receives	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Determine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	determine	imperative	you not said here	the appropriate response of a child					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Topic
2	receive	present	a child	a threat		a online acquaintance			vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent threat=Theme from acquaintance=Source

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 · ✓ the right answer

To cease communication, block, report and inform a trusted adult

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 cease	mark
2	cease	cease	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	communication	communication	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cease	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 block	punct
5	block	block	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 cease	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 report	punct
7	report	report	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	5 block	conj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 inform	cc
9	inform	inform	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 cease	conj
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 adult	det
11	trusted	trust	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 adult	amod
12	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 inform	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	cease	to-infinitive	communication		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality communication=Eventuality
2	block	infinitive			vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Causer
3	report	infinitive			vn characterize-29.2-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	inform speech: other	infinitive		a trusted adult	vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient
5	trust	participle			vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 2

To comply with the sender's demands

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 comply	mark
2	comply	comply	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	with	with	ADP	_	7 demands	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 sender	det
5	sender	sender	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 demands	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 sender	case
7	demands	demand	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 comply	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	comply	to-infinitive						with the sender's demands	tree rules
2	demand		the sender						nom demand «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

To continue communication in order to appease the sender until the threats cease of themselves

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 continue	mark
2	continue	continue	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 appease	advcl
3	communication	communication	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 continue	obj
4	in	in	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	7 appease	mark
5	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 in	fixed
6	to	to	PART	_	7 appease	mark
7	appease	appease	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 sender	det
9	sender	sender	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 appease	obj
10	until	until	SCONJ	_	13 cease	mark
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 threats	det
12	threats	threat	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 cease	nsubj
13	cease	cease	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 appease	advcl
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 themselves	case
15	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	13 cease	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	continue	to-infinitive		communication		vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent communication=Theme
2	appease	to-infinitive		the sender		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus sender=Experiencer
3	cease	present	the threats		of threats = threat	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

To conceal the matter from all adults

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 conceal	mark
2	conceal	conceal	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 matter	det
4	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 conceal	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 adults	case
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 adults	det
7	adults	adult	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 conceal	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conceal	to-infinitive		the matter				from all adults	vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent matter=Patient from adult=Beneficiary

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