Exam question 3 · My body belongs to me

It being given that an adult asks a child to keep a secret concerning touching, determine the proper characterisation of such conduct.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: adult · What happens: give, ask, keep, determine, characterise · To what, where: It, child, secret, proper characterisation, such conduct

This is exam question 3 of lesson 57 «My body belongs to me» 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	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 given	nsubj:pass
2	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 asks	mark
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 adult	det
6	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 asks	nsubj
7	asks	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	advcl
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 child	det
9	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 asks	obj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 keep	mark
11	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 asks	xcomp
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 secret	det
13	secret	secret	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 keep	obj
14	concerning	concerning	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 touching	amod
15	touching	touching	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 secret	nmod
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 determine	punct
17	determine	determine	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 keep	conj
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 characterisation	det
19	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 characterisation	amod
20	characterisation	characterisation	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 determine	obj
21	of	of	ADP	_	23 conduct	case
22	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 conduct	amod
23	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 characterisation	nmod
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	give	gerund · passive		It		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	ask speech: ask	present	a adult		a child	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent child=Recipient clause=Topic
3	keep not said to happen	to-infinitive	a adult not said here	a secret concerning touching		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent secret=Theme
4	determine	infinitive	a adult not said here	the proper characterisation of such conduct		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent characterisation=Topic
5	characterise			such conduct		nom characterisation «communication 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

The child is at fault for being asked

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 child	det
2	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fault	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 fault	cop
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 fault	case
5	fault	fault	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	for	for	SCONJ	_	8 asked	mark
7	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 asked	aux:pass
8	asked	ask	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 fault	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the child			fault			tree rules
2	ask speech: ask	gerund · passive		fault not said here					vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»

Option 2

The adult is acting properly, and the secret should be kept, as a promise is binding

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 adult	det
2	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 acting	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 acting	aux
4	acting	act	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	properly	properly	ADV	_	4 acting	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 kept	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 kept	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 secret	det
9	secret	secret	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 kept	nsubj:pass
10	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 kept	aux
11	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	12 kept	aux:pass
12	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 acting	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 binding	punct
14	as	as	SCONJ	_	18 binding	mark
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 promise	det
16	promise	promise	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 binding	nsubj
17	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 binding	aux
18	binding	bind	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 acting	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	act	present · progressive	the adult		properly property	vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	keep	should · passive		the secret		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
3	bind	present · progressive	a promise			vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The adult is breaking a safety rule, and the child should tell a trusted adult

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 adult	det
2	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 breaking	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 breaking	aux
4	breaking	break	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 rule	det
6	safety	safety	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 rule	compound
7	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 breaking	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 tell	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 tell	cc
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 child	det
11	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 tell	nsubj
12	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 tell	aux
13	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 breaking	advcl
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 adult	det
15	trusted	trust	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 adult	amod
16	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 tell	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	break	present · progressive	the adult	a safety rule		vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer rule=Patient
2	tell speech: assert	should	the child		a trusted adult	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient
3	trust	participle				vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 4

The matter is of no importance

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 matter	det
2	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 importance	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 importance	cop
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 importance	case
5	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	6 importance	det
6	importance	importance	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the matter					of no importance	tree rules

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