Exam question 2 · The friend in the game you never met, and the fake friend

Ascertain the most appropriate conduct of a child invited by an online acquaintance to leave home and enter a vehicle sent for her.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: ascertain, invite, leave, enter, send, conduct · To what, where: appropriate conduct, child, vehicle

This is exam question 2 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 conduct	det
3	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	4 appropriate	advmod
4	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 conduct	amod
5	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 child	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 child	det
8	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 conduct	nmod
9	invited	invite	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 child	acl
10	by	by	ADP	_	13 acquaintance	case
11	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 acquaintance	det
12	online	online	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 acquaintance	amod
13	acquaintance	acquaintance	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 invited	obl
14	to	to	PART	_	15 leave	mark
15	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Ascertain	advcl
16	home	home	ADV	_	15 leave	advmod
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 enter	cc
18	enter	enter	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 leave	conj
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 vehicle	det
20	vehicle	vehicle	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 enter	obj
21	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	20 vehicle	acl
22	for	for	ADP	_	23 her	case
23	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 sent	obl
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the appropriate conduct of a child		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conduct=Topic
2	invite	participle		a child not said here	by a online acquaintance	vn promote-102 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
3	leave	to-infinitive	you not said here		home property	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	enter	infinitive	you not said here	a vehicle		vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme vehicle=Destination
5	send	participle		a vehicle not said here	for child	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
6	conduct			a child		nom conduct «act 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 request further particulars of the vehicle

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 request	mark
2	request	request	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	further	further	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 particulars	amod
4	particulars	particular	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 request	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 vehicle	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 vehicle	det
7	vehicle	vehicle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 particulars	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	request	to-infinitive		further particulars of the vehicle					vn beg-58.2 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent particular=Recipient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

To inform a parent or teacher without delay

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	4 parent	det
4	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 inform	obj
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 teacher	cc
6	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 parent	conj
7	without	without	ADP	_	8 delay	case
8	delay	delay	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 inform	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	inform speech: other	to-infinitive			a parent or teacher			without delay	vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent parent=Recipient

Option 3

To comply with the invitation discreetly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 comply	mark
2	comply	comply	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	with	with	ADP	_	5 invitation	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 invitation	det
5	invitation	invitation	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 comply	obl
6	discreetly	discreetly	ADV	_	2 comply	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	comply	to-infinitive						with the invitation; discreetly property	tree rules

Option 4

To keep the invitation confidential

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 keep	mark
2	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 invitation	det
4	invitation	invitation	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 keep	obj
5	confidential	confidential	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 keep	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	to-infinitive		the invitation				confidential property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent invitation=Theme

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