Exam question 2 · Olympiad practice: the hardest cases

Given that a friend discloses an intention to run away from home and exacts a promise of secrecy, identify the course of action most consistent with this lesson.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: friend, you · What happens: give, disclose, run away, exact, identify, promise · To what, where: intention, home, promise, course, secrecy

This is exam question 2 of lesson 100 «Olympiad practice: the hardest cases» of the religion ethics 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	5 discloses	mark
2	that	that	SCONJ	_	5 discloses	mark
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 friend	det
4	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 discloses	nsubj
5	discloses	disclose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 identify	advcl
6	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 intention	det
7	intention	intention	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 discloses	obj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 run	mark
9	run	run	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 intention	acl
10	away	away	ADV	_	9 run	advmod
11	from	from	ADP	_	12 home	case
12	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 run	obl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 exacts	cc
14	exacts	exact	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 discloses	conj
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 promise	det
16	promise	promise	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 exacts	obj
17	of	of	ADP	_	18 secrecy	case
18	secrecy	secrecy	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 promise	nmod
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 identify	punct
20	identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 course	det
22	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 identify	obj
23	of	of	ADP	_	24 action	case
24	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 course	nmod
25	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	26 consistent	advmod
26	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 action	amod
27	with	with	ADP	_	29 lesson	case
28	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	29 lesson	det
29	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 consistent	obl
30	.	.	PUNCT	_	20 identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	give	participle					vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	disclose	present	a friend	a intention			vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot intention=Topic
3	run away	to-infinitive	a friend not said here	a intention not said here	home	away property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from home=Trajectory
4	exact	present	a friend not said here	a promise of secrecy			vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent promise=Theme
5	identify	imperative	you not said here	the course of action			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent course=Theme
6	promise			secrecy			nom promise «communication 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

The accompaniment of the friend upon her departure so as to ensure her safety throughout the journey

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 accompaniment	det
2	accompaniment	accompaniment	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 ensure	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 friend	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 friend	det
5	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 accompaniment	nmod
6	upon	upon	ADP	_	8 departure	case
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 departure	nmod:poss
8	departure	departure	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 friend	nmod
9	so	so	ADV	_	12 ensure	advmod
10	as	as	SCONJ	_	12 ensure	mark
11	to	to	PART	_	12 ensure	mark
12	ensure	ensure	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
13	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 safety	nmod:poss
14	safety	safety	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 ensure	obj
15	throughout	throughout	ADP	_	17 journey	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 journey	det
17	journey	journey	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 ensure	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	ensure	to-infinitive	the accompaniment of the friend upon accompaniment's departure	accompaniment's safety	throughout the journey	vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition safety=Theme
2	accompany			the friend upon accompaniment's departure		nom accompaniment «event transitive»: of=patient
3	depart		accompaniment			nom departure «act intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The immediate disclosure of the intention to a trusted adult, safety outweighing the promise

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 disclosure	det
2	immediate	immediate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 disclosure	amod
3	disclosure	disclosure	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 intention	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 intention	det
6	intention	intention	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 disclosure	nmod
7	to	to	ADP	_	10 adult	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 adult	det
9	trusted	trust	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 adult	amod
10	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 intention	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 safety	punct
12	safety	safety	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 disclosure	conj
13	outweighing	outweigh	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 safety	acl
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 promise	det
15	promise	promise	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 outweighing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	trust	participle			vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	outweigh	gerund	safety not said here	the promise	vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot promise=Theme
3	disclose			the intention to a trusted adult	nom disclosure «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

The postponement of any action until the following day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 postponement	det
2	postponement	postponement	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 action	case
4	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	5 action	det
5	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 postponement	nmod
6	until	until	ADP	_	9 day	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 day	det
8	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 day	amod
9	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 postponement	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

The preservation of the promise in all circumstances

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 preservation	det
2	preservation	preservation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 promise	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 promise	det
5	promise	promise	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 preservation	nmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 circumstances	case
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 circumstances	det
8	circumstances	circumstance	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 promise	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	preserve			the promise in all circumstances					nom preservation «act transitive»: of=patient

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