Exam question 2 · Just a scratch and I'm fine: when to worry and tell an adult

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises an assertion by an unknown person online that disclosing one's school is «no biggie»?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: disclosing · What happens: follow, characteris, disclose, be · To what, where: assertion, one, biggie · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 2 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Which	nmod
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 assertion	det
10	assertion	assertion	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	by	by	ADP	_	14 person	case
12	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 person	det
13	unknown	unknown	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 person	amod
14	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obl
15	online	online	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
16	that	that	SCONJ	_	24 biggie	mark
17	disclosing	disclose	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	24 biggie	csubj
18	one	one	PRON	Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 disclosing	obj
19	's	's	PART	_	18 one	case
20	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 disclosing	obj
21	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	24 biggie	cop
22	«	«	PUNCT	_	24 biggie	punct
23	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	24 biggie	det
24	biggie	biggie	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	parataxis
25	»	»	PUNCT	_	24 biggie	punct
26	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		a assertion	by a unknown person; accurately, online property	tree rules
3	disclose	gerund		one		tree rules
4	is a in a quote	present	disclosing	no biggie		tree rules

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

It constitutes reassurance that the request is harmless

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	2 constitutes	nsubj
2	constitutes	constitute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	reassurance	reassurance	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 constitutes	obj
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 harmless	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 request	det
6	request	request	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 harmless	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 harmless	cop
8	harmless	harmless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 constitutes	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	constitute	present	It	reassurance					vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme reassurance=Pivot
2	is	present	the request					harmless property	tree rules

Option 2

It constitutes an obligation to reply promptly

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	2 constitutes	nsubj
2	constitutes	constitute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 obligation	det
4	obligation	obligation	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 constitutes	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 reply	mark
6	reply	reply	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 obligation	acl
7	promptly	promptly	ADV	_	6 reply	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	constitute	present	It	a obligation					vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme obligation=Pivot
2	reply speech: assert	to-infinitive		a obligation not said here				promptly property	vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It constitutes a warning sign; no reply should be made and an adult informed

The tree, 14 words

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	2 constitutes	nsubj
2	constitutes	constitute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 sign	det
4	warning	warning	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sign	compound
5	sign	sign	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 constitutes	obj
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 made	punct
7	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	8 reply	det
8	reply	reply	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 made	nsubj:pass
9	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 made	aux
10	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	11 made	aux:pass
11	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 constitutes	parataxis
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 informed	cc
13	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 adult	det
14	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 informed	nsubj
15	informed	inform	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 made	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	constitute	present	It	a warning sign	vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme sign=Pivot
2	make	should · passive		no reply	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product
3	inform speech: other	participle	a adult		vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent

Option 4

It constitutes a customary greeting among players

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	2 constitutes	nsubj
2	constitutes	constitute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 greeting	det
4	customary	customary	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 greeting	compound
5	greeting	greeting	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 constitutes	obj
6	among	among	ADP	_	7 players	case
7	players	player	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 constitutes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	constitute	present	It	a customary greeting				among players	vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme greeting=Pivot

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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