Exam question 3 · The favourite, the black sheep, covering for each other an…

Ascertain which category of secret ought not to be retained by one sibling on behalf of another.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, one sibling · What happens: ascertain, not retain · To what, where: category

This is exam question 3 of lesson 509 «The favourite, the black sheep, covering for each other and hand-me-downs» 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	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	3 category	det
3	category	category	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 retained	nsubj:pass
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 secret	case
5	secret	secret	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 category	nmod
6	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 retained	aux
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 retained	advmod
8	to	to	PART	_	10 retained	mark
9	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 retained	aux:pass
10	retained	retain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Ascertain	ccomp
11	by	by	ADP	_	13 sibling	case
12	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 sibling	nummod
13	sibling	sibling	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 retained	obl
14	on	on	ADP	_	15 behalf	case
15	behalf	behalf	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 sibling	nmod
16	of	of	ADP	_	17 another	case
17	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	15 behalf	nmod
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here						vn discover-84 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	not retain	ought · passive	one sibling on behalf of another	which category of secret					tree rules

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

One concerning the consumption of a single biscuit

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	root	root
2	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 One	acl
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 consumption	det
4	consumption	consumption	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 concerning	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 biscuit	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 biscuit	det
7	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 biscuit	amod
8	biscuit	biscuit	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 consumption	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	concern	gerund		the consumption of a single biscuit					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus consumption=Experiencer
2	consume			a single biscuit					nom consumption «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

One concerning safety

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 safety	nummod
2	concerning	concerning	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 safety	amod
3	safety	safety	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

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

Option 3

One concerning a present purchased for a parent

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	root	root
2	concerning	concern	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 present	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 present	det
4	present	present	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 One	nmod
5	purchased	purchase	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 present	acl
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 parent	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 parent	det
8	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 purchased	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	concern	gerund							vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
2	purchase	participle		a present not said here				for a parent	vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent for parent=Asset

Option 4

One concerning a forthcoming birthday celebration

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	root	root
2	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 One	acl
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 celebration	det
4	forthcoming	forthcoming	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 celebration	amod
5	birthday	birthday	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 celebration	compound
6	celebration	celebration	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 concerning	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	concern	gerund		a forthcoming birthday celebration					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus celebration=Experiencer

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