Exam question 2 · The secret that got told

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the disclosure of a confidence to «only one person»?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris, disclose · To what, where: disclosure, confidence

This is exam question 2 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 disclosure	det
10	disclosure	disclosure	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 confidence	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 confidence	det
13	confidence	confidence	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 disclosure	nmod
14	to	to	PART	_	18 person	mark
15	«	«	PUNCT	_	18 person	punct
16	only	only	ADV	_	17 one	advmod
17	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	18 person	nummod
18	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	ccomp
19	»	»	PUNCT	_	18 person	punct
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the disclosure of a confidence	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	disclose		a confidence		nom disclosure «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 · ✓ the right answer

It is the customary means by which a confidence becomes generally known

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 means	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 means	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 customary	det
4	customary	customary	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 means	nsubj
5	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 which	case
7	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 becomes	obl
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 confidence	det
9	confidence	confidence	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 becomes	nsubj
10	becomes	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 means	ccomp
11	generally	generally	ADV	_	12 known	advmod
12	known	know	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 becomes	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	It	mean property	tree rules
2	become	present	a confidence		tree rules
3	know	participle	a confidence not said here	generally property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2

It renders the original confidant blameless

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 renders	nsubj
2	renders	render	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 confidant	det
4	original	original	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 confidant	amod
5	confidant	confidant	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 renders	obj
6	blameless	blameless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 renders	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	render	present	It	the original confidant				blameless property	vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent confidant=Theme

Option 3

It is permitted where that person is a relative

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 permitted	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 permitted	aux:pass
3	permitted	permit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	9 relative	advmod
5	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	6 person	det
6	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 relative	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 relative	cop
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 relative	det
9	relative	relative	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 permitted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	permit	present · passive		It					vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	is a	present	that person	a relative					tree rules

Option 4

It preserves the confidence in its entirety

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 preserves	nsubj
2	preserves	preserve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 confidence	det
4	confidence	confidence	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 preserves	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 entirety	case
6	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 entirety	nmod:poss
7	entirety	entirety	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 preserves	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	preserve	present	It	the confidence		confidence's entirety			vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent confidence=Beneficiary

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