Exam question 3 · «Where's your dad?»: questions and cruel jokes

Given that a pupil is questioned concerning the separation of the parents, ascertain the pupil's obligation.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: parents, pupil · What happens: give, question, concern, ascertain, separate, obligate · To what, where: pupil, separation, obligation

This is exam question 3 of lesson 524 ««Where's your dad?»: questions and cruel jokes» 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	Given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 questioned	mark
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 pupil	det
4	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 questioned	nsubj:pass
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 questioned	aux:pass
6	questioned	question	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Given	advcl
7	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 questioned	xcomp
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 separation	det
9	separation	separation	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 concerning	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 parents	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 parents	det
12	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 separation	nmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 ascertain	punct
14	ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 concerning	advcl
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 pupil	det
16	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 obligation	nmod:poss
17	's	's	PART	_	16 pupil	case
18	obligation	obligation	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 ascertain	obj
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	give	participle			vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	question speech: other	present · passive		a pupil	tree rules
3	concern	gerund		the separation of the parents	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus separation=Experiencer
4	ascertain	present		the pupil's obligation	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent obligation=Topic
5	separate		the parents		nom separation «state intransitive»: of=agent
6	obligate		the pupil		nom obligation «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

Full disclosure is required upon request

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 disclosure	amod
2	disclosure	disclosure	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 required	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 required	aux:pass
4	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	6 request	case
6	request	request	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 required	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present · passive		Full disclosure				upon request	vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Precondition

Option 2

A written account must be supplied

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 account	det
2	written	write	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 account	amod
3	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 supplied	nsubj:pass
4	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 supplied	aux
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 supplied	aux:pass
6	supplied	supply	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write	participle							vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	supply	must · passive		a written account					vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient

Option 3

Disclosure is required to all classmates

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Disclosure	disclosure	NOUN	Number=Sing	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	ADP	_	6 classmates	case
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 classmates	det
6	classmates	classmate	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 required	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present · passive		Disclosure				to all classmates	vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Precondition

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

No obligation to disclose private matters exists

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	2 obligation	det
2	obligation	obligation	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 exists	nsubj
3	to	to	PART	_	4 disclose	mark
4	disclose	disclose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 obligation	acl
5	private	private	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 matters	amod
6	matters	matter	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 disclose	obj
7	exists	exist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	disclose	to-infinitive	no obligation not said here	private matters					vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot matter=Topic
2	exist	present	no obligation						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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