Exam question 1 · Promises, memory and keeping each other safe

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the obligation of a child whose friend expresses a wish to die?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: friend · What happens: follow, characteris, express, die, obligate · To what, where: obligation, wish, child

This is exam question 1 of lesson 79 «Promises, memory and keeping each other safe» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 obligation	det
10	obligation	obligation	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 child	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 child	det
13	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 obligation	nmod
14	whose	whose	PRON	Poss=Yes PronType=Rel	15 friend	nmod:poss
15	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 expresses	nsubj
16	expresses	express	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 child	acl:relcl
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 wish	det
18	wish	wish	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 expresses	obj
19	to	to	PART	_	20 die	mark
20	die	die	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 wish	acl
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the obligation of a child	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	express	present	friend	a wish		vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wish=Theme
4	die	to-infinitive	friend not said here	a wish not said here		vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
5	obligate			a child		nom obligation «act 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 right answer

To inform a trusted adult without delay, notwithstanding any request for secrecy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 inform	mark
2	inform	inform	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 adult	det
4	trusted	trust	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 adult	amod
5	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 inform	obj
6	without	without	ADP	_	7 delay	case
7	delay	delay	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 inform	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 notwithstanding	punct
9	notwithstanding	notwithstand	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 inform	advcl
10	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	11 request	det
11	request	request	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 notwithstanding	obj
12	for	for	ADP	_	13 secrecy	case
13	secrecy	secrecy	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 notwithstanding	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	inform speech: other	to-infinitive		a trusted adult	without delay	vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient
2	trust	participle				vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	notwithstand	gerund	any request		for secrecy	tree rules

Option 2

To await a further such statement before acting

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 await	mark
2	await	await	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 statement	det
4	further	further	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 statement	amod
5	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 statement	amod
6	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 await	obj
7	before	before	SCONJ	_	8 acting	mark
8	acting	act	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 await	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	await	to-infinitive		a further such statement					tree rules
2	act	gerund							vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

To preserve the confidence in accordance with the friend's request

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 preserve	mark
2	preserve	preserve	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 confidence	det
4	confidence	confidence	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 preserve	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 accordance	case
6	accordance	accordance	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 preserve	obl
7	with	with	ADP	_	11 request	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 friend	det
9	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 request	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 friend	case
11	request	request	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 preserve	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	preserve	to-infinitive		the confidence		accordance		with the friend's request	vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent confidence=Beneficiary
2	request		the friend						nom request «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

To disregard the statement as being without significance

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 disregard	mark
2	disregard	disregard	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 statement	det
4	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 disregard	obj
5	as	as	ADP	_	8 significance	case
6	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 significance	cop
7	without	without	ADP	_	8 significance	case
8	significance	significance	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 disregard	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	disregard	to-infinitive		the statement					vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent statement=Theme
2	is	gerund						as significance	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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