Exam question 1 · Lied to by someone you love

Identify the principal reason for which adults frequently conceal grave family news from children.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, adults · What happens: identify, conceal · To what, where: principal reason, grave family news

This is exam question 1 of lesson 453 «Lied to by someone you love» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 reason	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reason	amod
4	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 conceal	obl
7	adults	adult	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 conceal	nsubj
8	frequently	frequently	ADV	_	9 conceal	advmod
9	conceal	conceal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 reason	acl:relcl
10	grave	grave	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 news	amod
11	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 news	compound
12	news	news	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 conceal	obj
13	from	from	ADP	_	14 children	case
14	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 conceal	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal reason					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	conceal	present	adults	grave family news				for the principal reason; from children; frequently property	vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent news=Patient from child=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

A belief that children never notice anything

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 belief	det
2	belief	belief	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 notice	mark
4	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 notice	nsubj
5	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	6 notice	advmod
6	notice	notice	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 belief	acl
7	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	6 notice	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not notice	present	children	anything					vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer anything=Stimulus

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

A legal requirement to withhold such news until the children are older

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 requirement	det
2	legal	legal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 requirement	amod
3	requirement	requirement	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 older	nsubj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 withhold	mark
5	withhold	withhold	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 requirement	acl
6	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 news	amod
7	news	news	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 withhold	obj
8	until	until	ADP	_	10 children	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 children	det
10	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 withhold	obl
11	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 older	cop
12	older	old	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	withhold	to-infinitive	a legal requirement not said here	such news			until the children		tree rules
2	is	present	a legal requirement					old property	tree rules

Option 3

A wish to deceive the children for amusement

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 wish	det
2	wish	wish	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 deceive	mark
4	deceive	deceive	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wish	acl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 children	det
6	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 deceive	obj
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 amusement	case
8	amusement	amusement	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 deceive	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	deceive	to-infinitive		the children				for amusement	vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

A wish to protect the children from distress

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 wish	det
2	wish	wish	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 protect	mark
4	protect	protect	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wish	acl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 children	det
6	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 protect	obj
7	from	from	ADP	_	8 distress	case
8	distress	distress	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 protect	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	protect	to-infinitive			the children			from distress	vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent child=Beneficiary from distress=Theme

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