Exam question 3 · Arguing politely and never calling names

It is given that a pupil is asked to disclose how the members of his family voted. Select the response most consistent with the established facts.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: pupil, members, you · What happens: give, ask, disclose, vote, select, establish · To what, where: It, pupil, response

This is exam question 3 of lesson 39 «Arguing politely and never calling names» of the politics 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

Sentence 1: It is given that a pupil is asked to disclose how the members of his family voted.

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	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 asked	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 pupil	det
6	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 asked	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 asked	aux:pass
8	asked	ask	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 given	advcl
9	to	to	PART	_	10 disclose	mark
10	disclose	disclose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 asked	xcomp
11	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	17 voted	advmod
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 members	det
13	members	member	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 voted	nsubj
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 family	case
15	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 family	nmod:poss
16	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 members	nmod
17	voted	vote	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 disclose	advcl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	give	present · passive		It	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	ask speech: ask	present · passive		a pupil	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
3	disclose not said to happen	to-infinitive	a pupil not said here		vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	vote	past	the members of pupil's family		vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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.

Sentence 2: Select the response most consistent with the established facts.

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	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	5 consistent	advmod
5	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	amod
6	with	with	ADP	_	9 facts	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 facts	det
8	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 facts	amod
9	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 consistent	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	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	establish	participle							vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

He is obliged to disclose it to his teacher only

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 obliged	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 obliged	aux:pass
3	obliged	oblige	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 disclose	mark
5	disclose	disclose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 obliged	xcomp
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 disclose	obj
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 teacher	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 teacher	nmod:poss
9	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 disclose	obl
10	only	only	ADV	_	5 disclose	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	oblige	present · passive		He					vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result
2	disclose	to-infinitive		it	his teacher				vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Topic to teacher=Recipient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He is under no obligation to disclose it, the vote being secret

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 obligation	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 obligation	cop
3	under	under	ADP	_	5 obligation	case
4	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 obligation	det
5	obligation	obligation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 disclose	mark
7	disclose	disclose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 obligation	acl
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 disclose	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 vote	punct
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 vote	det
11	vote	vote	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 obligation	conj
12	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 secret	cop
13	secret	secret	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 vote	amod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	present	He		no obligation and the vote		tree rules
2	disclose	to-infinitive		it			vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot it=Topic
3	is	gerund				secret property	tree rules

Option 3

He is obliged to disclose it in return for that of the enquirer

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 obliged	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 obliged	aux:pass
3	obliged	oblige	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 disclose	mark
5	disclose	disclose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 obliged	xcomp
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 disclose	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 return	case
8	return	return	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 disclose	obl
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 that	case
10	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	8 return	nmod
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 enquirer	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 enquirer	det
13	enquirer	enquirer	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 that	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	oblige	present · passive		He					vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result
2	disclose	to-infinitive		it		return for that			vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot it=Topic

Option 4

He is obliged to disclose it upon request

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 obliged	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 obliged	aux:pass
3	obliged	oblige	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 disclose	mark
5	disclose	disclose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 obliged	xcomp
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 disclose	obj
7	upon	upon	ADP	_	8 request	case
8	request	request	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 disclose	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	oblige	present · passive		He					vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result
2	disclose	to-infinitive		it				upon request	vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot it=Topic

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