Exam question 3 · When it was my fault: owning up and making it right

Given that a confidence entrusted by a friend concerns no danger to any person, determine the appropriate course of action.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: confidence, you · What happens: give, entrust, concern, determine · To what, where: confidence, danger, appropriate course

This is exam question 3 of lesson 5 «When it was my fault: owning up and making it right» 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	Given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 concerns	mark
2	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 concerns	mark
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 confidence	det
4	confidence	confidence	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerns	nsubj
5	entrusted	entrust	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 confidence	acl
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 friend	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 friend	det
8	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 entrusted	obl:agent
9	concerns	concern	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 determine	advcl
10	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	11 danger	det
11	danger	danger	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerns	obj
12	to	to	ADP	_	14 person	case
13	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	14 person	det
14	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 danger	nmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 determine	punct
16	determine	determine	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 course	det
18	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 course	amod
19	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 determine	obj
20	of	of	ADP	_	21 action	case
21	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 course	nmod
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	16 determine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	give	participle				vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	entrust	participle		a confidence not said here		vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	concern	present	a confidence	no danger	to any person	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus danger=Experiencer
4	determine	imperative	you not said here	the appropriate course of action		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent course=Topic

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 · ✓ the right answer

The confidence is not one's own to disclose and should be kept

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 confidence	det
2	confidence	confidence	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 own	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 own	cop
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 own	advmod
5	one	one	PRON	Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 own	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 one	case
7	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	to	to	PART	_	9 disclose	mark
9	disclose	disclose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 own	xcomp
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 kept	cc
11	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 kept	aux
12	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 kept	aux:pass
13	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 own	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	not is	present	the confidence	own property	tree rules
2	disclose	to-infinitive	the confidence not said here		vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	keep	should · passive	the confidence not said here		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»

Option 2

The confidence may be disclosed to any adult without restriction

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 confidence	det
2	confidence	confidence	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 disclosed	nsubj:pass
3	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 disclosed	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 disclosed	aux:pass
5	disclosed	disclose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 adult	case
7	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	8 adult	det
8	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 disclosed	obl
9	without	without	ADP	_	10 restriction	case
10	restriction	restriction	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 disclosed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	disclose	may · passive		the confidence	any adult			without restriction	vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Topic to adult=Recipient

Option 3

The confidence should be disclosed to the whole class

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 confidence	det
2	confidence	confidence	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 disclosed	nsubj:pass
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 disclosed	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 disclosed	aux:pass
5	disclosed	disclose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	9 class	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 class	det
8	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 class	amod
9	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 disclosed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	disclose	should · passive		the confidence	the whole class				vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Topic to class=Recipient

Option 4

The confidence should be exchanged for another confidence

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 confidence	det
2	confidence	confidence	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 exchanged	nsubj:pass
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 exchanged	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 exchanged	aux:pass
5	exchanged	exchange	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 confidence	case
7	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	8 confidence	det
8	confidence	confidence	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 exchanged	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	exchange	should · passive		the confidence				for another confidence	vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP PP.co-theme»: subject=Theme for confidence=Co-Theme

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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