Exam question 3 · Hiding it from friends: being skint at school

Given that a pupil is repeatedly mocked by a classmate concerning his family's use of a food bank, ascertain the most appropriate course.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, classmate, family · What happens: give, mock, concern, ascertain, use · To what, where: pupil, use, appropriate course, food bank

This is exam question 3 of lesson 489 «Hiding it from friends: being skint at school» 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	Given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	21 ascertain	advcl
2	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 mocked	mark
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 pupil	det
4	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 mocked	nsubj:pass
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 mocked	aux:pass
6	repeatedly	repeatedly	ADV	_	7 mocked	advmod
7	mocked	mock	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	21 ascertain	advcl
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 classmate	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 classmate	det
10	classmate	classmate	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 mocked	obl
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 classmate	acl
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 family	nmod:poss
13	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 use	nmod:poss
14	's	's	PART	_	13 family	case
15	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
16	of	of	ADP	_	19 bank	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 bank	det
18	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 bank	compound
19	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 use	nmod
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 mocked	punct
21	ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 course	det
23	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	24 appropriate	advmod
24	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 course	amod
25	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 ascertain	obj
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	21 ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	give	participle	you not said here			vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	mock	present · passive	a classmate	a pupil	repeatedly property	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
3	concern	gerund	a classmate not said here	pupil's family's use of a food bank		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus use=Experiencer
4	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the appropriate course		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent course=Topic
5	use		pupil's family	a food bank		nom use «act transitive»: poss=agent 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 conceal the matter indefinitely

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 conceal	mark
2	conceal	conceal	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 matter	det
4	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 conceal	obj
5	indefinitely	indefinitely	ADV	_	2 conceal	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conceal	to-infinitive		the matter				indefinitely property	vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent matter=Patient

Option 2

To absent herself from school

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 absent	mark
2	absent	absent	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	2 absent	obj
4	from	from	ADP	_	5 school	case
5	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 absent	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	absent	to-infinitive		herself = she		school			tree rules

Option 3

To mock the classmate in return

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 mock	mark
2	mock	mock	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 classmate	det
4	classmate	classmate	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 mock	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 return	case
6	return	return	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 mock	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mock	to-infinitive		the classmate		return			vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent classmate=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

To report the matter to a teacher

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 report	mark
2	report	report	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 matter	det
4	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 report	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 teacher	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 teacher	det
7	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 report	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	report	to-infinitive		the matter	a teacher				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent matter=Topic to teacher=Recipient

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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