Exam question 2 · The big sister: bossy, protective, borrowing your stuff

Identify the principal consequence, as established in the lesson, of reading another's diary and disclosing its contents.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, establish, read, disclose · To what, where: principal consequence, lesson, diary, contents

This is exam question 2 of lesson 500 «The big sister: bossy, protective, borrowing your stuff» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 consequence	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 consequence	amod
4	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 established	punct
6	as	as	SCONJ	_	7 established	mark
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Identify	parataxis
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 lesson	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 lesson	det
10	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 established	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 reading	punct
12	of	of	SCONJ	_	13 reading	mark
13	reading	read	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Identify	advcl
14	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	16 diary	nmod:poss
15	's	's	PART	_	14 another	case
16	diary	diary	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 reading	obj
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 disclosing	cc
18	disclosing	disclose	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 reading	conj
19	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 contents	nmod:poss
20	contents	contents	NOUN	Number=Ptan	18 disclosing	obj
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal consequence		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent consequence=Theme
2	establish	participle			the lesson	vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	read	gerund	you not said here	another's diary		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent diary=Topic
4	disclose	gerund	you not said here	diary's contents		vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot contents=Topic

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 reasonable act, given that siblings may hold no secrets

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 act	det
2	reasonable	reasonable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 act	amod
3	act	act	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 hold	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 given	punct
5	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 act	acl
6	that	that	ADP	_	7 siblings	case
7	siblings	sibling	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 given	obl
8	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 hold	aux
9	hold	hold	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
10	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	11 secrets	det
11	secrets	secret	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 hold	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	participle		a reasonable act not said here				that siblings	vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	hold	may	a reasonable act	no secrets					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent secret=Theme

Option 2

An improvement in relations between the sisters concerned

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 improvement	det
2	improvement	improvement	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 relations	case
4	relations	relation	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 improvement	nmod
5	between	between	ADP	_	7 sisters	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sisters	det
7	sisters	sister	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 relations	nmod
8	concerned	concerned	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 sisters	amod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

A harmless jest of no lasting effect upon the persons concerned

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 jest	det
2	harmless	harmless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 jest	amod
3	jest	jest	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerned	nsubj
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 effect	case
5	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	7 effect	det
6	lasting	lasting	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 effect	amod
7	effect	effect	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 jest	nmod
8	upon	upon	ADP	_	10 persons	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 persons	det
10	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 effect	nmod
11	concerned	concerned	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	jest		no lasting effect upon the persons						nom jest «communication intransitive»: of=agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

A grave breach of privacy which may impair trust for a long time

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 breach	det
2	grave	grave	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 breach	amod
3	breach	breach	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 privacy	case
5	privacy	privacy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 breach	nmod
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 impair	nsubj
7	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 impair	aux
8	impair	impair	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 breach	acl:relcl
9	trust	trust	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 impair	obj
10	for	for	ADP	_	13 time	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 time	det
12	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 time	amod
13	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 impair	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	impair	may	a grave breach of privacy	trust			time		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus trust=Experiencer
2	breach			privacy					nom breach «act transitive»: of=patient

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