Exam question 1 · The lie nobody found out: carrying a secret

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the effect of a falsehood which remains undiscovered?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: falsehood · What happens: follow, characteris, remain, effect · To what, where: effect, falsehood

This is exam question 1 of lesson 15 «The lie nobody found out: carrying a secret» of the reflection 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	8 characterises	obl
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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 effect	det
10	effect	effect	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 falsehood	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 falsehood	det
13	falsehood	falsehood	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 effect	nmod
14	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 remains	nsubj
15	remains	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 falsehood	acl:relcl
16	undiscovered	undiscovered	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 remains	xcomp
17	?	?	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		the effect of a falsehood	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	remain	present	a falsehood		undiscovered property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	effect			a falsehood		nom effect «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient

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 ceases to have any effect upon its author within a short period

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 ceases	nsubj
2	ceases	cease	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 have	mark
4	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 ceases	xcomp
5	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	6 effect	det
6	effect	effect	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 have	obj
7	upon	upon	ADP	_	9 author	case
8	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 author	nmod:poss
9	author	author	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 effect	nmod
10	within	within	ADP	_	13 period	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 period	det
12	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 period	amod
13	period	period	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 have	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cease	present	It						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
2	have	to-infinitive		any effect				upon effect's author; within a short period	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent effect=Patient

Option 2

It invariably brings satisfaction to its author

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 brings	nsubj
2	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	3 brings	advmod
3	brings	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	satisfaction	satisfaction	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 brings	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 author	case
6	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 author	nmod:poss
7	author	author	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 brings	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring	present	It	satisfaction		satisfaction's author		invariably property	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent satisfaction=Theme to author=Destination

Option 3

It is of consequence only upon its discovery by an adult

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	4 consequence	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 consequence	cop
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 consequence	case
4	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	only	only	ADV	_	8 discovery	advmod
6	upon	upon	ADP	_	8 discovery	case
7	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 discovery	nmod:poss
8	discovery	discovery	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 consequence	nmod
9	by	by	ADP	_	11 adult	case
10	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 adult	det
11	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 consequence	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					of consequence; upon consequence's discovery; by a adult	tree rules
2	discover		consequence						nom discovery «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It commonly persists within the mind of its author as a burden borne alone

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 persists	nsubj
2	commonly	commonly	ADV	_	3 persists	advmod
3	persists	persist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	within	within	ADP	_	6 mind	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 mind	det
6	mind	mind	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 persists	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 author	case
8	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 author	nmod:poss
9	author	author	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 mind	nmod
10	as	as	ADP	_	12 burden	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 burden	det
12	burden	burden	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 persists	obl
13	borne	bear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 burden	acl
14	alone	alone	ADV	_	13 borne	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	persist	present	It		within the mind of mind's author; as a burden; commonly property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	bear	participle		a burden not said here	alone property	vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer
3	mind			mind's author		nom mind «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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