Exam question 2 · Good secrets and bad secrets

Given that an adult requests a child to conceal a matter from the child's parents, identify the course of action consistent with established child-safety guidance.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: adult · What happens: give, request, conceal, identify, establish · To what, where: child, matter, course

This is exam question 2 of lesson 87 «Good secrets and bad secrets» 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 requests	advcl
2	that	that	SCONJ	_	5 requests	mark
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 adult	det
4	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 requests	nsubj
5	requests	request	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 child	det
7	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 requests	obj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 conceal	mark
9	conceal	conceal	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 requests	advcl
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 matter	det
11	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 conceal	obj
12	from	from	ADP	_	16 parents	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 child	det
14	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 parents	nmod:poss
15	's	's	PART	_	14 child	case
16	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 conceal	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 identify	punct
18	identify	identify	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 conceal	advcl
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 course	det
20	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 identify	obj
21	of	of	ADP	_	22 action	case
22	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 course	nmod
23	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 identify	advcl:relcl
24	with	with	ADP	_	29 guidance	case
25	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	29 guidance	amod
26	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 guidance	compound
27	-	-	PUNCT	_	26 child	punct
28	safety	safety	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 guidance	compound
29	guidance	guidance	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 consistent	obl
30	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 requests	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	give	participle	a adult not said here				vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	request	present	a adult		a child		vn beg-58.2 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent child=Recipient
3	conceal	to-infinitive	a adult not said here	a matter		from the child's parents	vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent matter=Patient from parent=Beneficiary
4	identify	infinitive	a adult not said here	the course of action			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent course=Theme
5	establish	participle					vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot

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

Disclosure to the parents or another trusted adult without delay

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Disclosure	disclosure	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	to	to	ADP	_	4 parents	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 parents	det
4	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Disclosure	nmod
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 adult	cc
6	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	8 adult	det
7	trusted	trust	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 adult	amod
8	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 parents	conj
9	without	without	ADP	_	10 delay	case
10	delay	delay	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 adult	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	trust	participle							vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Consultation with the requesting adult before any disclosure

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Consultation	consultation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	with	with	ADP	_	5 adult	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 adult	det
4	requesting	request	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 adult	amod
5	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Consultation	nmod
6	before	before	ADP	_	8 disclosure	case
7	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	8 disclosure	det
8	disclosure	disclosure	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Consultation	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	request	gerund							vn beg-58.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Abstention from any action unless the matter appears dangerous

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Abstention	abstention	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 appears	nsubj
2	from	from	ADP	_	4 action	case
3	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	4 action	det
4	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Abstention	nmod
5	unless	unless	SCONJ	_	7 matter	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 matter	det
7	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 action	nmod
8	appears	appear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 appears	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	appear	present	Abstention from any action unless the matter					dangerous property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Preservation of the confidence in deference to the adult's authority

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Preservation	preservation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 confidence	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 confidence	det
4	confidence	confidence	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Preservation	nmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 deference	case
6	deference	deference	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 confidence	nmod
7	to	to	ADP	_	11 authority	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 adult	det
9	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 authority	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 adult	case
11	authority	authority	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Preservation	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	preserve			the confidence in deference				to the adult's authority	nom preservation «act transitive»: of=patient to=obl

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