Exam question 3 · Nice alone, mean in a group

Given that a peer has distributed a private photograph of a pupil for the purpose of ridicule, ascertain the most appropriate course of action.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, ridicule · What happens: give, distribute, ascertain, purpose · To what, where: peer, appropriate course

This is exam question 3 of lesson 468 «Nice alone, mean in a group» 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	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	19 ascertain	advcl
2	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 distributed	mark
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 peer	det
4	peer	peer	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 distributed	nsubj:pass
5	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 distributed	aux
6	distributed	distribute	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Given	advcl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 photograph	det
8	private	private	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 photograph	amod
9	photograph	photograph	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 distributed	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 pupil	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 pupil	det
12	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 photograph	nmod
13	for	for	ADP	_	15 purpose	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 purpose	det
15	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 pupil	nmod
16	of	of	ADP	_	17 ridicule	case
17	ridicule	ridicule	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 purpose	nmod
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 ascertain	punct
19	ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 course	det
21	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	22 appropriate	advmod
22	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 course	amod
23	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 ascertain	obj
24	of	of	ADP	_	25 action	case
25	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 course	nmod
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	19 ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	give	participle	you not said here		vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	distribute	present · perfect · passive		a peer	tree rules
3	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the appropriate course of action	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent course=Topic
4	purpose		ridicule		nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: of=agent

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

To request its removal and to inform a responsible adult

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 request	mark
2	request	request	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 removal	nmod:poss
4	removal	removal	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 request	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 inform	cc
6	to	to	PART	_	7 inform	mark
7	inform	inform	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 request	conj
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 adult	det
9	responsible	responsible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 adult	amod
10	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 inform	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	request	to-infinitive		its removal		vn beg-58.2 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent removal=Recipient
2	inform speech: other	to-infinitive			a responsible adult	vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient
3	remove		its = it			nom removal «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

To remain silent in the hope that it is forgotten

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 remain	mark
2	remain	remain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	silent	silent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 remain	xcomp
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 hope	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 hope	det
6	hope	hope	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 remain	obl
7	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 forgotten	mark
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 forgotten	nsubj:pass
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 forgotten	aux:pass
10	forgotten	forget	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 remain	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remain	to-infinitive				the hope		silent property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in hope=Location
2	forget	present · passive		hope					tree rules

Option 3

To withdraw permanently from all group communication

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 withdraw	mark
2	withdraw	withdraw	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	permanently	permanently	ADV	_	2 withdraw	advmod
4	from	from	ADP	_	7 communication	case
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 communication	det
6	group	group	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 communication	compound
7	communication	communication	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 withdraw	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	withdraw	to-infinitive				all group communication		permanently property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from communication=Initial_Location

Option 4

To distribute a more embarrassing photograph in return

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 distribute	mark
2	distribute	distribute	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 photograph	det
4	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	5 embarrassing	advmod
5	embarrassing	embarrassing	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 photograph	amod
6	photograph	photograph	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 distribute	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 return	case
8	return	return	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 distribute	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	distribute	to-infinitive		a embarrassing photograph		return			vn contribute-13.2-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent photograph=Theme

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