Exam question 4 · The lie nobody found out: carrying a secret

Ascertain which statement is consistent with the facts concerning guilt experienced after wrongdoing.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, statement, facts · What happens: ascertain, be, concern, experience · To what, where: guilt

This is exam question 4 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	3 statement	det
3	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 consistent	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 consistent	cop
5	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Ascertain	ccomp
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	guilt	guilt	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
11	experienced	experience	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 guilt	acl
12	after	after	ADP	_	13 wrongdoing	case
13	wrongdoing	wrongdoing	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 experienced	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here				vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	which statement			with the facts; consistent property	tree rules
3	concern	gerund	the facts not said here	guilt			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus guilt=Experiencer
4	experience	participle		guilt not said here	after wrongdoing		vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: 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

It arises only where the wrongdoing has been discovered

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 arises	nsubj
2	arises	arise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	only	only	ADV	_	9 discovered	advmod
4	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	9 discovered	advmod
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 wrongdoing	det
6	wrongdoing	wrongdoing	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 discovered	nsubj:pass
7	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 discovered	aux
8	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	9 discovered	aux:pass
9	discovered	discover	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 arises	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	arise	present	It						vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	discover	present · perfect · passive		the wrongdoing					vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic

Option 2

It is a disorder requiring the suppression of all memory of the wrongdoing

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 disorder	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 disorder	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 disorder	det
4	disorder	disorder	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	requiring	require	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 disorder	acl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 suppression	det
7	suppression	suppression	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 requiring	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 memory	case
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	10 memory	det
10	memory	memory	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 suppression	nmod
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 wrongdoing	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 wrongdoing	det
13	wrongdoing	wrongdoing	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 memory	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a disorder	tree rules
2	require	gerund	a disorder not said here	the suppression of all memory of the wrongdoing	vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme suppression=Precondition
3	suppress			all memory of the wrongdoing	nom suppression «process transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

It establishes that the person is permanently and wholly bad

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 establishes	nsubj
2	establishes	establish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 permanently	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 person	det
5	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 permanently	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 permanently	cop
7	permanently	permanently	ADV	_	2 establishes	ccomp
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 bad	cc
9	wholly	wholly	ADV	_	10 bad	advmod
10	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 permanently	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	establish	present	It		vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
2	is	present	the person	permanently property	tree rules
3	be		the person not said here	wholly property	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It is the operation of conscience and not proof of irredeemable character

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 operation	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 operation	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 operation	det
4	operation	operation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 conscience	case
6	conscience	conscience	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 operation	nmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 proof	cc
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 proof	advmod
9	proof	proof	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 operation	conj
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 character	case
11	irredeemable	irredeemable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 character	amod
12	character	character	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 proof	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	the operation and proof of irredeemable character				of conscience	tree rules
2	proof			irredeemable character					nom proof «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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