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Exam question 3 · Letting a friend down: broken promises and spilled secrets

It is given that a pupil has neglected an assigned duty. Determine the course of action most consistent with responsibility.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: give, neglect, assign, determine · To what, where: It, pupil, course

This is exam question 3 of lesson 4 «Letting a friend down: broken promises and spilled secrets» 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 neglected an assigned duty.

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 neglected	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 pupil	det
6	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 neglected	nsubj:pass
7	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 neglected	aux
8	neglected	neglect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 given	advcl
9	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 duty	det
10	assigned	assign	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 duty	amod
11	duty	duty	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 neglected	obj
12	.	.	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	neglect	present · perfect · passive		a pupil					tree rules
3	assign	participle							vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: 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: Determine the course of action most consistent with responsibility.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Determine	determine	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 course	det
3	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Determine	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 action	case
5	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 course	nmod
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 consistent	advmod
7	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 action	amod
8	with	with	ADP	_	9 responsibility	case
9	responsibility	responsibility	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 consistent	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Determine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	determine	imperative	you not said here	the course of action					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent course=Topic

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Permanent refusal of all future duties

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Permanent	permanent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 refusal	amod
2	refusal	refusal	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 duties	case
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 duties	det
5	future	future	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 duties	amod
6	duties	duty	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 refusal	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	refuse			all future duties					nom refusal «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

Concealment of the omission pending its discovery by others

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Concealment	concealment	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 omission	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 omission	det
4	omission	omission	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Concealment	nmod
5	pending	pend	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Concealment	acl
6	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 discovery	nmod:poss
7	discovery	discovery	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pending	obj
8	by	by	ADP	_	9 others	case
9	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 pending	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pend	gerund	Concealment of the omission not said here	omission's discovery				by others	tree rules
2	conceal			the omission					nom concealment «state transitive»: of=patient
3	discover		omission						nom discovery «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Prompt disclosure to the responsible adult and aid in the remedy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Prompt	prompt	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 disclosure	amod
2	disclosure	disclosure	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	6 adult	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 adult	det
5	responsible	responsible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 adult	amod
6	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 disclosure	nmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 aid	cc
8	aid	aid	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 adult	conj
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 remedy	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 remedy	det
11	remedy	remedy	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 aid	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

Attribution of the omission to another pupil

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Attribution	attribution	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 omission	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 omission	det
4	omission	omission	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Attribution	nmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 pupil	case
6	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	7 pupil	det
7	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 omission	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	attribute			the omission to another pupil					nom attribution «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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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