Exam question 1 · The friend in the game you never met, and the fake friend

Which of the following requests from a person known solely through an online game constitutes the gravest indication of danger?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, know, constitute, indicate · To what, where: person, online game, gravest indication, danger

This is exam question 1 of lesson 480 «The friend in the game you never met, and the fake friend» 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	15 constitutes	obj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 requests	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 requests	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 requests	amod
5	requests	request	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 constitutes	obl
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 person	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 person	det
8	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 requests	nmod
9	known	know	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 person	acl
10	solely	solely	ADV	_	9 known	advmod
11	through	through	ADP	_	14 game	case
12	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 game	det
13	online	online	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 game	amod
14	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 known	obl
15	constitutes	constitute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 indication	det
17	gravest	grave	ADJ	Degree=Sup	18 indication	amod
18	indication	indication	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 constitutes	obj
19	of	of	ADP	_	20 danger	case
20	danger	danger	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 indication	nmod
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	15 constitutes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	know	participle	a person not said here	a online game	solely property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	constitute	present	the gravest indication of danger		of the following requests from a person	tree rules
4	indicate		danger			nom indication «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

A request to play a further game

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 request	det
2	request	request	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 play	mark
4	play	play	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 request	acl
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 game	det
6	further	further	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 game	amod
7	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 play	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	play	to-infinitive		a further game					vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Theme

Option 2

A compliment upon the child's performance in the preceding match

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 compliment	det
2	compliment	compliment	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 performance	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 child	det
5	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 performance	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 child	case
7	performance	performance	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 compliment	nmod
8	in	in	ADP	_	11 match	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 match	det
10	preceding	precede	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 match	amod
11	match	match	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 performance	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	precede	gerund							vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme
2	perform		the child			the preceding match			nom performance «communication transitive»: poss=agent in=place

Option 3

An offer of advice concerning game strategy and improved technique

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 offer	det
2	offer	offer	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	7 strategy	case
4	advice	advice	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 strategy	nsubj
5	concerning	concerning	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 strategy	amod
6	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 strategy	compound
7	strategy	strategy	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 offer	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 technique	cc
9	improved	improve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 technique	amod
10	technique	technique	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 strategy	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	improve	participle							vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	offer			concerning game strategy and improved technique					nom offer «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

A request that the child conceal the communication from her parents

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 request	det
2	request	request	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 conceal	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 child	det
5	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 conceal	nsubj
6	conceal	conceal	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 request	acl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 communication	det
8	communication	communication	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 conceal	obj
9	from	from	ADP	_	11 parents	case
10	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 parents	nmod:poss
11	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 conceal	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conceal	infinitive	the child	the communication				from child's parents	vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent communication=Patient from parent=Beneficiary

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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