Exam question 4 · Staying safe and kind online

Select the response that is consistent with established guidance concerning unknown links and pop-ups.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, response · What happens: select, be, establish, concern · To what, where: response

This is exam question 4 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	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	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 consistent	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 consistent	cop
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	acl:relcl
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 guidance	case
8	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 guidance	amod
9	guidance	guidance	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 consistent	obl
10	concerning	concern	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 links	case
11	unknown	unknown	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 links	amod
12	links	link	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 guidance	nmod
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 ups	cc
14	pop	pop	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 ups	compound
15	-	-	PUNCT	_	14 pop	punct
16	ups	up	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 links	conj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	is	present	the response		with established guidance concern unknown links and pop ups; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	concern	gerund				vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

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

They improve the speed of the device

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 improve	nsubj
2	improve	improve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 speed	det
4	speed	speed	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 improve	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 device	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 device	det
7	device	device	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 speed	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	improve	present	They	the speed of the device					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent speed=Patient

Option 2

They are always from trusted companies

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 companies	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 companies	cop
3	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	6 companies	advmod
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 companies	case
5	trusted	trust	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 companies	amod
6	companies	company	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	trust	participle							vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	They			trusted companies		always property	tree rules

Option 3

Clicking upon them is always safe

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Clicking	click	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 safe	csubj
2	upon	upon	ADP	_	3 them	case
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Clicking	obl
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 safe	cop
5	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	6 safe	advmod
6	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	click	gerund						upon them = they	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon they=Location
2	is	present	Clicking					always, safe property	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Clicking upon them may bring viruses or deceptions

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Clicking	click	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 bring	csubj
2	upon	upon	ADP	_	3 them	case
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Clicking	obl
4	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 bring	aux
5	bring	bring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	viruses	virus	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 bring	obj
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 deceptions	cc
8	deceptions	deception	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 viruses	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	click	gerund						upon them = they	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon they=Location
2	bring	may	Clicking	viruses or deceptions					vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent virus=Theme

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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