Exam question 4 · Sleepovers and inside jokes

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the protection of a friend from embarrassment.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, protect · To what, where: response, protection, friend

This is exam question 4 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 protection	det
11	protection	protection	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 friend	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 friend	det
14	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 protection	nmod
15	from	from	ADP	_	16 embarrassment	case
16	embarrassment	embarrassment	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 friend	nmod
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
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	the protection of a friend from embarrassment		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus protection=Experiencer
4	protect			a friend from embarrassment		nom protection «act 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 · ✓ the right answer

A true friend may protect him kindly without harming any other person

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 friend	det
2	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 friend	amod
3	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 protect	nsubj
4	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 protect	aux
5	protect	protect	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 protect	obj
7	kindly	kindly	ADV	_	5 protect	advmod
8	without	without	SCONJ	_	9 harming	mark
9	harming	harm	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 protect	advcl
10	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	12 person	det
11	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 person	amod
12	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 harming	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	protect	may	a true friend		him = he			kindly property	vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary
2	harm	gerund	a true friend not said here	any other person					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus person=Experiencer

Option 2

Embarrassment is best remedied by ridicule

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Embarrassment	embarrassment	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 remedied	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 remedied	aux:pass
3	best	well	ADV	Degree=Sup	4 remedied	advmod
4	remedied	remedy	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 ridicule	case
6	ridicule	ridicule	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 remedied	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remedy	present · passive	ridicule	Embarrassment				well property	vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent subject=Patient

Option 3

Such protection is a form of dishonest conduct to be avoided

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 protection	amod
2	protection	protection	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 form	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 form	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 form	det
5	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 conduct	case
7	dishonest	dishonest	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 conduct	amod
8	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 form	nmod
9	to	to	PART	_	11 avoided	mark
10	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	11 avoided	aux:pass
11	avoided	avoid	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 conduct	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Such protection	a form				of dishonest conduct	tree rules
2	avoid	to-infinitive · passive	Such protection not said here						vn avoid-52 «NP V S_ING»

Option 4

A true friend publicises the matter for amusement

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 friend	det
2	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 friend	amod
3	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 publicises	nsubj
4	publicises	publicise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 matter	det
6	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 publicises	obj
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 amusement	case
8	amusement	amusement	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 matter	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	publicise	present	a true friend	the matter				for amusement	tree rules

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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