Exam question 1 · The secret that got told

Ascertain the conduct required of a child to whom a peer has disclosed, under a promise of secrecy, that she is being physically harmed at home.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: ascertain, require, disclose, harm, promise · To what, where: conduct, peer, child, home, secrecy

This is exam question 1 of lesson 476 «The secret that got told» 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 conduct	det
3	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 conduct	acl
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 child	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 child	det
7	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 required	obl
8	to	to	ADP	_	9 whom	case
9	whom	whom	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 required	obl
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 peer	det
11	peer	peer	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 disclosed	nsubj:pass
12	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 disclosed	aux
13	disclosed	disclose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 whom	acl:relcl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 promise	punct
15	under	under	ADP	_	17 promise	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 promise	det
17	promise	promise	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	parataxis
18	of	of	ADP	_	19 secrecy	case
19	secrecy	secrecy	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 promise	nmod
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 harmed	punct
21	that	that	SCONJ	_	26 harmed	mark
22	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	26 harmed	nsubj
23	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	26 harmed	aux:pass
24	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	26 harmed	aux:pass
25	physically	physically	ADV	_	26 harmed	advmod
26	harmed	harm	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Ascertain	acl
27	at	at	ADP	_	28 home	case
28	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 harmed	obl
29	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the conduct			vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conduct=Topic
2	require	participle		the conduct not said here		of a child; to the conduct	vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Theme
3	disclose	present · perfect · passive		a peer			vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic
4	harm	present · passive		child	home	physically property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer
5	promise			secrecy			nom promise «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 disclose the matter to fellow pupils

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 disclose	mark
2	disclose	disclose	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 matter	det
4	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 disclose	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 fellow	mark
6	fellow	fellow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 disclose	advcl
7	pupils	pupil	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 fellow	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	disclose	to-infinitive		the matter					vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot matter=Topic
2	fellow	to-infinitive		pupils					tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

To inform a trusted adult notwithstanding the promise

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 inform	mark
2	inform	inform	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 adult	det
4	trusted	trust	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 adult	amod
5	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 inform	obj
6	notwithstanding	notwithstand	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 adult	acl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 promise	det
8	promise	promise	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 notwithstanding	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	inform speech: other	to-infinitive			a trusted adult	vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient
2	trust	participle				vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	notwithstand	gerund	a trusted adult not said here	the promise		tree rules

Option 3

To preserve the secret in all circumstances

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 preserve	mark
2	preserve	preserve	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 secret	det
4	secret	secret	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 preserve	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 circumstances	case
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 circumstances	det
7	circumstances	circumstance	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 preserve	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	preserve	to-infinitive		the secret		all circumstances			vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent secret=Beneficiary

Option 4

To attempt to resolve the matter unaided

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 attempt	mark
2	attempt	attempt	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 resolve	mark
4	resolve	resolve	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 attempt	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 matter	det
6	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 resolve	obj
7	unaided	unaided	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 resolve	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	attempt	to-infinitive							vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	resolve not said to happen	to-infinitive		the matter				unaided property	tree rules

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