Exam question 3 · The secret that got told

Identify the principal means, as established in the lesson, by which trust between friends is established.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, principal · What happens: identify, mean, establish · To what, where: lesson, trust · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 3 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 principal	det
3	principal	principal	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 means	nsubj
4	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Identify	ccomp
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 established	punct
6	as	as	SCONJ	_	7 established	mark
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 means	ccomp
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 lesson	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 lesson	det
10	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 established	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 established	punct
12	by	by	ADP	_	13 which	case
13	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	18 established	obl
14	trust	trust	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 established	nsubj:pass
15	between	between	ADP	_	16 friends	case
16	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 trust	nmod
17	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 established	aux:pass
18	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 established	conj
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	mean	present	the principal			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	establish	participle			the lesson	vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	establish	present · passive		trust between friends		vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=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

Proximity in the classroom

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Proximity	proximity	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	in	in	ADP	_	4 classroom	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 classroom	det
4	classroom	classroom	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Proximity	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2

Public declarations of friendship

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Public	public	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 declarations	amod
2	declarations	declaration	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 friendship	case
4	friendship	friendship	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 declarations	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	declare			friendship					nom declaration «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

The giving of costly presents on every possible occasion

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 giving	det
2	giving	give	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 presents	case
4	costly	costly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 presents	amod
5	presents	present	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 giving	obl
6	on	on	ADP	_	9 occasion	case
7	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	9 occasion	det
8	possible	possible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 occasion	amod
9	occasion	occasion	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 giving	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	gerund				every possible occasion		of costly presents	vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The consistent keeping of each other's confidences

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 confidences	det
2	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 confidences	amod
3	keeping	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 confidences	csubj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 each	case
5	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	3 keeping	obl
6	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 confidences	amod
7	's	's	PART	_	6 other	case
8	confidences	confidence	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	gerund						of each	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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