Exam question 2 · Pretend, cover stories and lies that become habits

Given that a parent instructs a child to state falsely that the parent is absent, identify the response most consistent with this lesson.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: parent, you · What happens: give, instruct, state, be, identify · To what, where: child, response

This is exam question 2 of lesson 85 «Pretend, cover stories and lies that become habits» 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 instructs	mark
2	that	that	SCONJ	_	5 instructs	mark
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 parent	det
4	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 instructs	nsubj
5	instructs	instruct	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 identify	advcl
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 child	det
7	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 instructs	obj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 state	mark
9	state	state	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 child	acl
10	falsely	falsely	ADV	_	9 state	advmod
11	that	that	SCONJ	_	15 absent	mark
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 parent	det
13	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 absent	nsubj
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 absent	cop
15	absent	absent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 state	advcl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 identify	punct
17	identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 response	det
19	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 identify	obj
20	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	21 consistent	advmod
21	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 response	amod
22	with	with	ADP	_	24 lesson	case
23	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	24 lesson	det
24	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 consistent	obl
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	17 identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	give	participle					vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	instruct speech: other	present	a parent		a child		vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent child=Recipient
3	state speech: other	to-infinitive	a parent not said here			falsely property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
4	is	present	the parent			absent property	tree rules
5	identify	imperative	you not said here	the response			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent response=Theme

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

A public complaint to the caller concerning the parent's conduct

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 complaint	det
2	public	public	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 complaint	amod
3	complaint	complaint	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 caller	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 caller	det
6	caller	caller	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 complaint	nmod
7	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 complaint	acl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 parent	det
9	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 conduct	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 parent	case
11	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 concerning	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	concern	gerund	a public complaint to the caller not said here	the parent's conduct					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus conduct=Experiencer
2	conduct		the parent						nom conduct «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

A falsehood exactly as instructed, the parent's authority being absolute in all matters within the household

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 falsehood	det
2	falsehood	falsehood	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 matters	nsubj
3	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	5 instructed	advmod
4	as	as	SCONJ	_	5 instructed	mark
5	instructed	instruct	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 falsehood	acl:relcl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 authority	punct
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 parent	det
8	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 authority	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 parent	case
10	authority	authority	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 falsehood	appos
11	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 absolute	cop
12	absolute	absolute	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 authority	amod
13	in	in	ADP	_	14 all	case
14	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	12 absolute	obl
15	matters	matter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
16	within	within	ADP	_	18 household	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 household	det
18	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 matters	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	instruct speech: other	participle		a falsehood not said here		exactly property	vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent
2	is	gerund			all	absolute property	tree rules
3	matter	present	a falsehood			within the household	vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

A truthful and courteous formulation, such as "She cannot come to the telephone at present"

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 formulation	det
2	truthful	truthful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 formulation	amod
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 courteous	cc
4	courteous	courteous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 truthful	conj
5	formulation	formulation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 come	punct
7	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=SCONJ	13 come	mark
8	as	as	ADP	_	7 such	fixed
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 come	punct
10	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 come	nsubj
11	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 come	aux
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 come	advmod
13	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 formulation	conj
14	to	to	ADP	_	16 telephone	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 telephone	det
16	telephone	telephone	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 come	obl
17	at	at	ADP	_	18 present	case
18	present	present	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 come	obl
19	"	"	PUNCT	_	18 present	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not come in a quote	can	She			present		to the telephone	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to telephone=Initial_Location

Option 4

A refusal to answer the telephone on any occasion whatsoever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 refusal	det
2	refusal	refusal	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 answer	mark
4	answer	answer	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 refusal	acl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 telephone	det
6	telephone	telephone	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 answer	obj
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 occasion	case
8	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	9 occasion	det
9	occasion	occasion	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 answer	obl
10	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	4 answer	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	answer speech: assert	to-infinitive		the telephone		any occasion		whatsoever property	vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent telephone=Eventuality

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