Exam question 3 · Staying safe and kind online

It being given that a mean message is received, select the course of action consistent with established guidance.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · What happens: give, receive, select, establish · To what, where: It, mean message, course

This is exam question 3 of lesson 59 «Staying safe and kind online» 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	_	9 received	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 message	det
6	mean	mean	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 message	amod
7	message	message	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 received	nsubj:pass
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 received	aux:pass
9	received	receive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 select	advcl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 received	punct
11	select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 given	parataxis
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 course	det
13	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 select	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 action	case
15	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 course	nmod
16	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 action	amod
17	with	with	ADP	_	19 guidance	case
18	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	19 guidance	amod
19	guidance	guidance	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 consistent	obl
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	roles by
1	give	gerund · passive	It	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	receive	present · passive	a mean message	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
3	select	infinitive	the course of action	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent course=Theme
4	establish	participle		vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot

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

To delete it and tell nobody

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 delete	mark
2	delete	delete	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 delete	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 tell	cc
5	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 delete	conj
6	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	5 tell	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	delete	to-infinitive		it					vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	tell speech: assert	infinitive			nobody				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent nobody=Recipient

Option 2

To forward it to all one's friends so that they may advise what is to be done

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 forward	mark
2	forward	forward	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 forward	obj
4	to	to	ADP	_	8 friends	case
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 one	det
6	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 friends	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 one	case
8	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 forward	obl
9	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	13 advise	mark
10	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 so	fixed
11	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 advise	nsubj
12	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 advise	aux
13	advise	advise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 forward	advcl
14	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	18 done	obj
15	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 done	aux:pass
16	to	to	PART	_	18 done	mark
17	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	18 done	aux:pass
18	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 advise	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	forward	to-infinitive		it	all one's friends	vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme to friend=Destination
2	advise speech: other	may	friends = friend			vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	do not said to happen	present · passive				vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: what=Eventuality

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

Not to reply, but to save it, block the sender and report it

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 reply	advmod
2	to	to	PART	_	3 reply	mark
3	reply	reply	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 save	punct
5	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 save	cc
6	to	to	PART	_	7 save	mark
7	save	save	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 reply	conj
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 save	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 block	punct
10	block	block	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 reply	conj
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 sender	det
12	sender	sender	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 block	obj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 report	cc
14	report	report	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 reply	conj
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 report	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	roles by
1	not reply speech: assert	to-infinitive		vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	save	to-infinitive	it	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
3	block	infinitive	the sender	vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer sender=Theme
4	report	infinitive	sender	vn prosecute-33.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient

Option 4

To reply with an equally mean message

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 reply	mark
2	reply	reply	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	with	with	ADP	_	7 message	case
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 message	det
5	equally	equally	ADV	_	6 mean	advmod
6	mean	mean	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 message	amod
7	message	message	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reply	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reply speech: assert	to-infinitive						with a mean message	vn respond-113 «NP V PP.predicate»: agent=Agent with message=Eventuality

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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