Exam question 3 · Parents far away: the army, work abroad, prison

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the disclosure of a parent's imprisonment to a child.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts, parent · What happens: select, establish, concern, disclose, imprison · To what, where: response, disclosure, imprisonment

This is exam question 3 of lesson 519 «Parents far away: the army, work abroad, prison» 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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 disclosure	det
11	disclosure	disclosure	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	16 imprisonment	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 parent	det
14	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 imprisonment	nmod:poss
15	's	's	PART	_	14 parent	case
16	imprisonment	imprisonment	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 disclosure	nmod
17	to	to	ADP	_	19 child	case
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 child	det
19	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obl
20	.	.	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	the disclosure of a parent's imprisonment	to a child	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus disclosure=Experiencer
4	disclose			a parent's imprisonment		nom disclosure «communication transitive»: of=patient
5	imprison		a parent			nom imprisonment «act transitive»: poss=agent

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

Children must never be informed under any circumstances

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 informed	nsubj:pass
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 informed	aux
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 informed	advmod
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 informed	aux:pass
5	informed	inform	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	under	under	ADP	_	8 circumstances	case
7	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	8 circumstances	det
8	circumstances	circumstance	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 informed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not inform speech: other	must · passive		Children		any circumstances			vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient

Option 2

Discovery by accident is always the kinder course

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Discovery	discovery	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 course	nsubj
2	by	by	ADP	_	3 accident	case
3	accident	accident	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Discovery	nmod
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 course	cop
5	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	8 course	advmod
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 course	det
7	kinder	kind	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	8 course	amod
8	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Discovery by accident	the kinder course				always property	tree rules
2	discover		accident						nom discovery «act transitive»: by=agent

Option 3

Concealment is invariably preferable in every case

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Concealment	concealment	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 preferable	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 preferable	cop
3	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	4 preferable	advmod
4	preferable	preferable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 case	case
6	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	7 case	det
7	case	case	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 preferable	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Concealment			every case		invariably, preferable property	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Gentle disclosure is usually easier than discovery by accident

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Gentle	gentle	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 disclosure	amod
2	disclosure	disclosure	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 easier	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 easier	cop
4	usually	usually	ADV	_	5 easier	advmod
5	easier	easy	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
6	than	than	ADP	_	7 discovery	case
7	discovery	discovery	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 easier	obl
8	by	by	ADP	_	9 accident	case
9	accident	accident	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 easier	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Gentle disclosure					than discovery; by accident; easy, usually property	tree rules

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