Exam question 3 · Fighting, ignoring each other and sharing a room

Ascertain the most appropriate view of the perusal by one sibling of another's private messages upon a shared device.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: ascertain, share, view · To what, where: appropriate view, perusal

This is exam question 3 of lesson 508 «Fighting, ignoring each other and sharing a room» 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 view	det
3	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	4 appropriate	advmod
4	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 view	amod
5	view	view	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 perusal	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 perusal	det
8	perusal	perusal	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 view	nmod
9	by	by	ADP	_	11 sibling	case
10	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 sibling	nummod
11	sibling	sibling	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	16 messages	case
13	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	16 messages	nmod:poss
14	's	's	PART	_	13 another	case
15	private	private	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 messages	amod
16	messages	message	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 sibling	nmod
17	upon	upon	ADP	_	20 device	case
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 device	det
19	shared	share	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	20 device	amod
20	device	device	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 messages	nmod
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the appropriate view of the perusal	by one sibling of another's private messages upon a shared device	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent view=Topic
2	share	participle				tree rules
3	view			the perusal		nom view «cognition 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

It is permissible for the elder sibling only

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 permissible	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 permissible	cop
3	permissible	permissible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	7 sibling	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sibling	det
6	elder	elder	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 sibling	amod
7	sibling	sibling	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 permissible	obl
8	only	only	ADV	_	7 sibling	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					for the elder sibling; permissible property	tree rules

Option 2

It is permissible because the device is shared

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 permissible	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 permissible	cop
3	permissible	permissible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	because	because	SCONJ	_	8 shared	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 device	det
6	device	device	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 shared	nsubj:pass
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 shared	aux:pass
8	shared	share	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 permissible	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					permissible property	tree rules
2	share	present · passive		the device					tree rules

Option 3

It is required to ensure the younger's safety

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 required	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 required	aux:pass
3	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 ensure	mark
5	ensure	ensure	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 required	xcomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 safety	det
7	younger	young	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	9 safety	amod
8	's	's	PART	_	7 younger	case
9	safety	safety	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 ensure	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present · passive		It					vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
2	ensure	to-infinitive		the younger safety					vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition safety=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It breaches privacy even within a family

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 breaches	nsubj
2	breaches	breach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	privacy	privacy	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 breaches	obj
4	even	even	ADV	_	7 family	advmod
5	within	within	ADP	_	7 family	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 family	det
7	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 breaches	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	breach	present	It	privacy				within a family	tree rules

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