Exam question 4 · Being lied to and how it feels

Determine the most appropriate response to a report that a third party has made a hurtful remark about oneself.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, report · What happens: determine, make · To what, where: appropriate response, third party

This is exam question 4 of lesson 452 «Being lied to and how it feels» 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	5 response	det
3	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	4 appropriate	advmod
4	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 response	amod
5	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Determine	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 report	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 report	det
8	report	report	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 response	nmod
9	that	that	SCONJ	_	14 made	mark
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 party	det
11	third	third	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	12 party	amod
12	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 made	nsubj:pass
13	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 made	aux
14	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 report	acl:relcl
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 remark	det
16	hurtful	hurtful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 remark	amod
17	remark	remark	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 made	obj
18	about	about	ADP	_	19 oneself	case
19	oneself	oneself	PRON	PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	17 remark	nmod
20	.	.	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				to a report	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Topic
2	make	present · perfect · passive	a report not said here	a third party					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary remark=Product

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

To repeat the report to others

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 repeat	mark
2	repeat	repeat	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 report	det
4	report	report	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 repeat	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 others	case
6	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 repeat	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	repeat	to-infinitive		the report	others				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent report=Topic to other=Recipient

Option 2

To retaliate against the third party

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 retaliate	mark
2	retaliate	retaliate	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	against	against	ADP	_	6 party	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 party	det
5	third	third	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	6 party	amod
6	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 retaliate	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	retaliate	to-infinitive						against the third party	vn rebel-71.2-1 «NP V PP.maleficiary»: agent=Agent against party=Maleficiary

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

To verify the report directly with the third party

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 verify	mark
2	verify	verify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 report	det
4	report	report	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 verify	obj
5	directly	directly	ADV	_	2 verify	advmod
6	with	with	ADP	_	9 party	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 party	det
8	third	third	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	9 party	amod
9	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 verify	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	verify	to-infinitive		the report				with the third party; directly property	vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot report=Topic

Option 4

To accept the report without inquiry

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 accept	mark
2	accept	accept	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 report	det
4	report	report	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 accept	obj
5	without	without	ADP	_	6 inquiry	case
6	inquiry	inquiry	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 accept	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	accept	to-infinitive		the report				without inquiry	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent report=Theme

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