Exam question 4 · Trusting again

Determine the conclusion consistent with the established facts concerning a child who has once been deceived online.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: determine, establish, concern, deceive · To what, where: conclusion, child

This is exam question 4 of lesson 455 «Trusting again» 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	3 conclusion	det
3	conclusion	conclusion	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Determine	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Determine	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 child	det
11	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 deceived	nsubj:pass
13	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 deceived	aux
14	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	16 deceived	advmod
15	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	16 deceived	aux:pass
16	deceived	deceive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 child	acl:relcl
17	online	online	ADV	_	16 deceived	advmod
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Determine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	determine	imperative	you not said here	the conclusion	consistent property	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conclusion=Topic
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	a child		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus child=Experiencer
4	deceive	present · perfect · passive		a child	once, online property	vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

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

He should conceal his experience from adults

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 conceal	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 conceal	aux
3	conceal	conceal	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 experience	nmod:poss
5	experience	experience	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 conceal	obj
6	from	from	ADP	_	7 adults	case
7	adults	adult	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 conceal	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conceal	should	He	his experience				from adults	vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent experience=Patient from adult=Beneficiary
2	experience		his = he						nom experience «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

He should trust all online acquaintances equally

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 trust	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 trust	aux
3	trust	trust	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 acquaintances	det
5	online	online	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 acquaintances	amod
6	acquaintances	acquaintance	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 trust	obj
7	equally	equally	ADV	_	3 trust	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	trust	should	He	all online acquaintances				equally property	vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent acquaintance=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He should resume cautiously, having learned the signs of deception

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 resume	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 resume	aux
3	resume	resume	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 learned	advcl
4	cautiously	cautiously	ADV	_	3 resume	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 having	punct
6	having	have	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 learned	csubj
7	learned	learn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 signs	det
9	signs	sign	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 learned	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 deception	case
11	deception	deception	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 signs	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	resume	should	He		cautiously property	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	have	gerund				vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	learn	past	having	the signs of deception		vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sign=Topic
4	sign			deception		nom sign «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

He should never again use any online service

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 use	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 use	aux
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 use	advmod
4	again	again	ADV	_	5 use	advmod
5	use	use	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	8 service	det
7	online	online	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 service	amod
8	service	service	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 use	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not use	should	He	any online service			again		vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent service=Patient

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