Exam question 4 · The mind at night: replays, worst-case thinking and nightm…

In respect of a self-imposed rule requiring repeated actions to avert harm to another, determine which statement is correct.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: imposed rule · What happens: impose, require, repeat, avert, determine, be · To what, where: repeated actions, harm, statement, respect, imposed rule

This is exam question 4 of lesson 26 «The mind at night: replays, worst-case thinking and nightmares» 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	In	in	ADP	_	2 respect	case
2	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 correct	obl
3	of	of	ADP	_	8 rule	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 rule	det
5	self	self	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 imposed	compound
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 self	punct
7	imposed	impose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 rule	amod
8	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 respect	nmod
9	requiring	require	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 rule	acl
10	repeated	repeat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 actions	amod
11	actions	action	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 requiring	obj
12	to	to	PART	_	13 avert	mark
13	avert	avert	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 requiring	advcl
14	harm	harm	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 avert	obj
15	to	to	ADP	_	16 another	case
16	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	13 avert	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 determine	punct
18	determine	determine	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 avert	conj
19	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	20 statement	det
20	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 determine	obj
21	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 correct	cop
22	correct	correct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	22 correct	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	impose	participle					vn enforce-63 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	require	gerund	a imposed rule not said here	repeated actions			vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme action=Precondition
3	repeat	participle					vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
4	avert	to-infinitive	a imposed rule not said here	harm		to another	tree rules
5	determine	infinitive	a imposed rule not said here	which statement			vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent statement=Topic
6	is	present			respect of a imposed rule	correct property	tree rules
7	respect			a imposed rule			nom respect «cognition 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

Such rules invariably disappear upon reaching adulthood

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 rules	amod
2	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 disappear	nsubj
3	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	4 disappear	advmod
4	disappear	disappear	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	upon	upon	SCONJ	_	6 reaching	mark
6	reaching	reach	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 disappear	advcl
7	adulthood	adulthood	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 reaching	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	disappear	present	Such rules					invariably property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	reach	gerund	Such rules not said here	adulthood					vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent adulthood=Theme

Option 2

Such rules ought to be concealed from all adults lest the pupil be thought foolish

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 rules	amod
2	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 concealed	nsubj:pass
3	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 concealed	aux
4	to	to	PART	_	6 concealed	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 concealed	aux:pass
6	concealed	conceal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 thought	advcl
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 adults	case
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 adults	det
9	adults	adult	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 concealed	obl
10	lest	lest	SCONJ	_	12 pupil	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 pupil	det
12	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 adults	nmod
13	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	14 thought	aux:pass
14	thought	think	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
15	foolish	foolish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 thought	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conceal	ought · passive		Such rules				from all adults lest the pupil	vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Patient from adult=Beneficiary
2	think speech: other	infinitive · passive						foolish property	vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»

Option 3

Such a rule is a reliable means of protecting others from harm

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	3 rule	det:predet
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 rule	det
3	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 means	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 means	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 reliable	det
6	reliable	reliable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 means	nsubj
7	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	of	of	SCONJ	_	9 protecting	mark
9	protecting	protect	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 means	ccomp
10	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 protecting	obj
11	from	from	ADP	_	12 harm	case
12	harm	harm	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 protecting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	such rule					mean property	tree rules
2	protect	gerund		others				from harm	vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent other=Beneficiary from harm=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Where such a rule grows and consumes time, disclosure to an adult is advisable

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	5 grows	advmod
2	such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	4 rule	det:predet
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 rule	det
4	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 grows	nsubj
5	grows	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 advisable	advcl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 consumes	cc
7	consumes	consume	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 grows	conj
8	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 consumes	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 disclosure	punct
10	disclosure	disclosure	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 time	conj
11	to	to	ADP	_	13 adult	case
12	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 adult	det
13	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 consumes	obl
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 advisable	cop
15	advisable	advisable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	grow	present	such rule			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	consume	present	such rule not said here	time	to a adult	vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	is	present			advisable property	tree rules

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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