Exam question 3 · Old guilt: secrets that grow and how to let them go

It is given that a pupil has concealed an unsatisfactory report from his parents. Select the response consistent with the established facts.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: give, conceal, select, establish · To what, where: It, pupil, response

This is exam question 3 of lesson 17 «Old guilt: secrets that grow and how to let them go» 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

Sentence 1: It is given that a pupil has concealed an unsatisfactory report from his parents.

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 concealed	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 pupil	det
6	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 concealed	nsubj:pass
7	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 concealed	aux
8	concealed	conceal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 given	advcl
9	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 report	det
10	unsatisfactory	unsatisfactory	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 report	amod
11	report	report	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 concealed	obj
12	from	from	ADP	_	14 parents	case
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 parents	nmod:poss
14	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 report	nmod
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present · passive		It					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	conceal	present · perfect · passive		a pupil					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.

Sentence 2: Select the response 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	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	amod
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	.	.	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

Concealment is advisable until the report is superseded the following year

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Concealment	concealment	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 advisable	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 advisable	cop
3	advisable	advisable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	until	until	SCONJ	_	8 superseded	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 report	det
6	report	report	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 superseded	nsubj:pass
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 superseded	aux:pass
8	superseded	supersede	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 advisable	advcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 year	det
10	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 year	amod
11	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 superseded	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Concealment			advisable property	tree rules
2	supersede	present · passive		the report	year		tree rules
3	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Early disclosure is generally preferable, as concealment tends to aggravate matters

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Early	early	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 disclosure	amod
2	disclosure	disclosure	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 preferable	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 preferable	cop
4	generally	generally	ADV	_	5 preferable	advmod
5	preferable	preferable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 tends	punct
7	as	as	SCONJ	_	9 tends	mark
8	concealment	concealment	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 tends	nsubj
9	tends	tend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 preferable	parataxis
10	to	to	PART	_	11 aggravate	mark
11	aggravate	aggravate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 tends	xcomp
12	matters	matter	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 aggravate	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	Early disclosure		generally, preferable property	tree rules
2	tend	present	concealment			tree rules
3	aggravate	to-infinitive	concealment not said here	matters		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus matter=Experiencer

Option 3

The marks recorded upon a concealed report are subject to improvement over time

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 marks	det
2	marks	mark	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 recorded	nsubj
3	recorded	record	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 report	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 report	det
6	concealed	conceal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 report	amod
7	report	report	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 recorded	obl
8	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 subject	cop
9	subject	subject	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 recorded	conj
10	to	to	ADP	_	11 improvement	case
11	improvement	improvement	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 subject	obl
12	over	over	ADP	_	13 time	case
13	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 recorded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	record	past	the marks	time	upon a concealed report	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	conceal	participle				vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	is	present	the marks not said here		to improvement; subject property	tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Parents customarily prefer to remain uninformed of such reports

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 prefer	nsubj
2	customarily	customarily	ADV	_	3 prefer	advmod
3	prefer	prefer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	6 uninformed	mark
5	remain	remain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 uninformed	aux:pass
6	uninformed	uninform	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 prefer	xcomp
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 reports	case
8	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 reports	amod
9	reports	report	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 uninformed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prefer	present	Parents					customarily property	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	uninform not said to happen	to-infinitive · passive	Parents not said here					of such reports	tree rules

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