Exam question 3 · Sleepovers and inside jokes

Given that guests at a sleepover propose a telephone call of a rude nature, ascertain the most appropriate response.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Given · What happens: propose, ascertain, call · To what, where: telephone call, appropriate response, rude nature · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 3 of lesson 462 «Sleepovers and inside jokes» 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	Given	give	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 propose	nsubj
2	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 propose	nsubj
3	guests	guest	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 propose	nsubj
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 sleepover	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 sleepover	det
6	sleepover	sleepover	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 guests	nmod
7	propose	propose	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 call	det
9	telephone	telephone	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 call	compound
10	call	call	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 propose	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	14 nature	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 nature	det
13	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 nature	amod
14	nature	nature	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 call	nmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 ascertain	punct
16	ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	7 propose	conj
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 response	det
18	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	19 appropriate	advmod
19	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 response	amod
20	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 ascertain	obj
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 propose	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	propose	infinitive	Given	a telephone call of a rude nature	vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent call=Theme
2	ascertain	infinitive	Given not said here	the appropriate response	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Topic
3	call			a rude nature	nom call «communication transitive»: of=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

To make the call to a teacher instead

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 make	mark
2	make	make	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 call	det
4	call	call	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 make	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 teacher	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 teacher	det
7	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 make	obl
8	instead	instead	ADV	_	2 make	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	to-infinitive		the call				to a teacher; instead property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset call=Product

Option 2

To compel another guest to make the call

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 compel	mark
2	compel	compel	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	4 guest	det
4	guest	guest	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 compel	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 make	mark
6	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 compel	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 call	det
8	call	call	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 make	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	compel	to-infinitive		another guest					vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent guest=Patient
2	make	to-infinitive		the call					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset call=Product

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

To decline to participate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 decline	mark
2	decline	decline	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 participate	mark
4	participate	participate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 decline	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	decline	to-infinitive							vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	not participate	to-infinitive							vn cooperate-73.1-2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

Option 4

To participate whilst concealing one's identity

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 participate	mark
2	participate	participate	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	whilst	whilst	SCONJ	_	4 concealing	mark
4	concealing	conceal	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 participate	advcl
5	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 identity	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 one	case
7	identity	identity	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 concealing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	participate	to-infinitive							vn cooperate-73.1-2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
2	conceal	gerund		one's identity					vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent identity=Patient

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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