Exam question 1 · Just a scratch and I'm fine: when to worry and tell an adult

Identify the appropriate course of action where a child, whose knee continues to bleed through a tissue, insists that the wound is «just a scratch» and requests secrecy.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, child, wound · What happens: identify, continue, bleed, insist, be, request · To what, where: appropriate course, tissue, scratch, secrecy · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 1 of lesson 51 «Just a scratch and I'm fine: when to worry and tell an adult» of the language 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 course	det
3	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 course	amod
4	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 action	case
6	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 course	nmod
7	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	13 continues	advmod
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 child	det
9	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 continues	nsubj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 continues	punct
11	whose	whose	PRON	Poss=Yes PronType=Rel	12 knee	nmod:poss
12	knee	knee	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 continues	nsubj
13	continues	continue	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 action	acl:relcl
14	to	to	PART	_	15 bleed	mark
15	bleed	bleed	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 continues	xcomp
16	through	through	ADP	_	18 tissue	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 tissue	det
18	tissue	tissue	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 bleed	obl
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 insists	punct
20	insists	insist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 continues	conj
21	that	that	SCONJ	_	28 scratch	mark
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 wound	det
23	wound	wound	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 scratch	nsubj
24	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	28 scratch	cop
25	«	«	PUNCT	_	28 scratch	punct
26	just	just	ADV	_	28 scratch	advmod
27	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	28 scratch	det
28	scratch	scratch	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 insists	ccomp
29	»	»	PUNCT	_	28 scratch	punct
30	and	and	CCONJ	_	31 requests	cc
31	requests	request	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 continues	conj
32	secrecy	secrecy	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 requests	obj
33	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the appropriate course of action		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent course=Theme
2	continue	present	a child			vn continue-55.3 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
3	bleed	to-infinitive	a child not said here		a tissue	vn substance_emission-43.4-1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through tissue=Location
4	insist speech: other	present	a child not said here			vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
5	is a in a quote	present	the wound	a scratch		tree rules
6	request	present	a child not said here	secrecy		vn beg-58.2 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent secrecy=Recipient

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 · ✓ the right answer

An adult is to be informed notwithstanding the request

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 adult	det
2	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 informed	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 informed	aux:pass
4	to	to	PART	_	6 informed	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 informed	aux:pass
6	informed	inform	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	notwithstanding	notwithstand	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 informed	xcomp
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 request	det
9	request	request	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 notwithstanding	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	inform speech: other	present · passive		a adult					vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient S»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
2	notwithstand	gerund		the request					tree rules

Option 2

The request for secrecy is to be honoured without exception

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 request	det
2	request	request	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 honoured	nsubj:pass
3	for	for	ADP	_	4 secrecy	case
4	secrecy	secrecy	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 request	nmod
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 honoured	aux:pass
6	to	to	PART	_	8 honoured	mark
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 honoured	aux:pass
8	honoured	honour	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
9	without	without	ADP	_	10 exception	case
10	exception	exception	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 honoured	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	honour	present · passive		the request for secrecy				without exception	tree rules

Option 3

The child is to be advised to continue playing

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	6 advised	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 advised	aux:pass
4	to	to	PART	_	6 advised	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 advised	aux:pass
6	advised	advise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	8 continue	mark
8	continue	continue	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 advised	xcomp
9	playing	play	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 continue	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	advise speech: other	present · passive		the child	vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP how S_INF»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
2	continue not said to happen	to-infinitive	the child not said here		vn continue-55.3 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
3	play	gerund	the child not said here		vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

The wound is to be concealed beneath clothing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 wound	det
2	wound	wound	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 concealed	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 concealed	aux
4	to	to	PART	_	6 concealed	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 concealed	aux:pass
6	concealed	conceal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	8 clothing	case
8	clothing	clothing	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 concealed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conceal	present · passive		the wound		clothing			vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Patient beneath clothing=Location

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