Exam question 4 · The secret that got told

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning a pupil who receives a report that a friend has insulted his mother.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts, pupil, report · What happens: select, establish, concern, receive, insult · To what, where: response, pupil, report, friend

This is exam question 4 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	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	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 pupil	det
11	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 receives	nsubj
13	receives	receive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 pupil	acl:relcl
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 report	det
15	report	report	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 receives	obj
16	that	that	SCONJ	_	20 insulted	mark
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 friend	det
18	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 insulted	nsubj:pass
19	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 insulted	aux
20	insulted	insult	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 report	acl:relcl
21	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	22 mother	nmod:poss
22	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 insulted	obj
23	.	.	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	a pupil		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus pupil=Experiencer
4	receive	present	a pupil	a report		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent report=Theme
5	insult	present · perfect · passive	a report not said here	a friend		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Experiencer mother=Result

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

He ought to circulate the report further

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 circulate	nsubj
2	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 circulate	aux
3	to	to	PART	_	4 circulate	mark
4	circulate	circulate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 report	det
6	report	report	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 circulate	obj
7	further	further	ADV	_	4 circulate	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	circulate	ought	He	the report				further property	vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location report=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He ought to verify the report directly with the friend before reacting

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 verify	nsubj
2	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 verify	aux
3	to	to	PART	_	4 verify	mark
4	verify	verify	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 report	det
6	report	report	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 verify	obj
7	directly	directly	ADV	_	4 verify	advmod
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 friend	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 friend	det
10	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 verify	obl
11	before	before	SCONJ	_	12 reacting	mark
12	reacting	react	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 verify	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	verify	ought	He	the report				with the friend; directly property	vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot report=Topic
2	react	gerund	He not said here						vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

He ought to retaliate without delay, lest the insult be thought acceptable

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 retaliate	nsubj
2	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 retaliate	aux
3	to	to	PART	_	4 retaliate	mark
4	retaliate	retaliate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	without	without	ADP	_	6 delay	case
6	delay	delay	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 retaliate	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 thought	punct
8	lest	lest	SCONJ	_	12 thought	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 insult	det
10	insult	insult	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 thought	nsubj:pass
11	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	12 thought	aux:pass
12	thought	think	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 retaliate	conj
13	acceptable	acceptable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 thought	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	retaliate	ought	He					without delay	vn rebel-71.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	think speech: other	infinitive · passive		the insult				acceptable property	vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 4

He ought to accept the report as true

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 accept	nsubj
2	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 accept	aux
3	to	to	PART	_	4 accept	mark
4	accept	accept	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 report	det
6	report	report	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 accept	obj
7	as	as	ADP	_	8 true	case
8	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 accept	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	accept	ought	He	the report				as true	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent report=Theme as true=Attribute

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