Exam question 3 · The big sister: bossy, protective, borrowing your stuff

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning a sibling's secret which involves possible danger.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts, secret · What happens: select, establish, concern, involve · To what, where: response, secret, possible danger

This is exam question 3 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	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	1 Select	xcomp
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	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 sibling	det
11	sibling	sibling	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 secret	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 sibling	case
13	secret	secret	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
14	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 involves	nsubj
15	involves	involve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 secret	acl:relcl
16	possible	possible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 danger	amod
17	danger	danger	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 involves	obj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	a sibling's secret		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus secret=Experiencer
4	involve	present	a sibling's secret	possible danger		vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent danger=Theme

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

Such a secret must be preserved irrespective of the risk

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	3 secret	det:predet
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 secret	det
3	secret	secret	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 preserved	nsubj:pass
4	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 preserved	aux
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 preserved	aux:pass
6	preserved	preserve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	irrespective	irrespective	ADV	_	6 preserved	advmod
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 risk	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 risk	det
10	risk	risk	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 preserved	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	preserve	must · passive		such secret				of the risk; irrespective property	vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary

Option 2

Such a secret should be published to the sibling's acquaintances

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	3 secret	det:predet
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 secret	det
3	secret	secret	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 published	nsubj:pass
4	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 published	aux
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 published	aux:pass
6	published	publish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	to	to	ADP	_	11 acquaintances	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 sibling	det
9	sibling	sibling	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 acquaintances	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 sibling	case
11	acquaintances	acquaintance	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 published	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	publish	should · passive		such secret				to the sibling's acquaintances	vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Result
2	acquaint		the sibling						nom acquaintance «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

Such a secret should be communicated to the stranger involved

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	3 secret	det:predet
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 secret	det
3	secret	secret	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 communicated	nsubj:pass
4	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 communicated	aux
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 communicated	aux:pass
6	communicated	communicate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 stranger	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 stranger	det
9	stranger	stranger	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 communicated	obl
10	involved	involved	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 stranger	amod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	communicate	should · passive		such secret	the stranger				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Topic to stranger=Recipient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Such a secret ought to be disclosed to a responsible adult

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	3 secret	det:predet
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 secret	det
3	secret	secret	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 disclosed	nsubj:pass
4	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 disclosed	aux
5	to	to	PART	_	7 disclosed	mark
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 disclosed	aux:pass
7	disclosed	disclose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	to	to	ADP	_	11 adult	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 adult	det
10	responsible	responsible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 adult	amod
11	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 disclosed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	disclose	ought · passive		such secret	a responsible adult				vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Topic to adult=Recipient

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