Exam question 4 · Friends who only come for the pool: rich kids and rumours

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning rumours as to the source of a family's wealth.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: select, establish · To what, where: response

This is exam question 4 of lesson 492 «Friends who only come for the pool: rich kids and rumours» 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	10 rumours	amod
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	concerning	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 rumours	amod
10	rumours	rumour	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Select	obj
11	as	as	ADP	ExtPos=ADP	14 source	case
12	to	to	ADP	_	11 as	fixed
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 source	det
14	source	source	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obl
15	of	of	ADP	_	19 wealth	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 family	det
17	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 wealth	nmod:poss
18	's	's	PART	_	17 family	case
19	wealth	wealth	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 source	nmod
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response				as the source of a family's wealth	tree rules
2	establish	participle							vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot

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

They are harmless and may be repeated freely in the playground

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 harmless	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 harmless	cop
3	harmless	harmless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 repeated	cc
5	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 repeated	aux
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 repeated	aux:pass
7	repeated	repeat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 harmless	conj
8	freely	freely	ADV	_	7 repeated	advmod
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 playground	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 playground	det
11	playground	playground	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 repeated	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	They					harmless property	tree rules
2	repeat	may · passive	They not said here			the playground		freely property	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

They may be cruel and should be answered calmly with the truth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 cruel	nsubj
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 cruel	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 cruel	cop
4	cruel	cruel	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 answered	cc
6	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 answered	aux
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 answered	aux:pass
8	answered	answer	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 cruel	conj
9	calmly	calmly	ADV	_	8 answered	advmod
10	with	with	ADP	_	12 truth	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 truth	det
12	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 answered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	may	They					cruel property	tree rules
2	answer speech: assert	should · passive	They not said here					with the truth; calmly property	vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»

Option 3

They are best answered by spreading a rumour of one's own

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 answered	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 answered	aux:pass
3	best	well	ADV	Degree=Sup	4 answered	advmod
4	answered	answer	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	SCONJ	_	6 spreading	mark
6	spreading	spread	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 answered	advcl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 rumour	det
8	rumour	rumour	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 spreading	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 one	case
10	one	one	PRON	Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 rumour	appos
11	's	's	PART	_	10 one	case
12	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 spreading	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	answer speech: assert	present · passive		They				well property	vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: subject=Eventuality
2	spread	gerund		a rumour				own property	vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location rumour=Theme

Option 4

They are invariably accurate and ought to be believed at once

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 accurate	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 accurate	cop
3	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	4 accurate	advmod
4	accurate	accurate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 believed	cc
6	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 believed	aux
7	to	to	PART	_	9 believed	mark
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 believed	aux:pass
9	believed	believe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 accurate	conj
10	at	at	ADP	_	11 once	case
11	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	9 believed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	They					accurate, invariably property	tree rules
2	believe	ought · passive	They not said here						vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»

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