Exam question 4 · Good secrets and bad secrets

Ascertain which statement concerning a promise of secrecy that conceals danger to a child is consistent with this lesson.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, promise, concerning · What happens: ascertain, concern, conceal, be, promise · To what, where: statement, promise, danger, secrecy

This is exam question 4 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	3 statement	det
3	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	16 consistent	csubj
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 promise	det
6	promise	promise	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 concerning	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 secrecy	case
8	secrecy	secrecy	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 promise	nmod
9	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 conceals	nsubj
10	conceals	conceal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 promise	acl:relcl
11	danger	danger	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 conceals	obj
12	to	to	ADP	_	14 child	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 child	det
14	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 conceals	obl
15	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 consistent	cop
16	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 statement	acl
17	with	with	ADP	_	19 lesson	case
18	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	19 lesson	det
19	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 consistent	obl
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	which statement		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent statement=Topic
2	concern	gerund		a promise of secrecy		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus promise=Experiencer
3	conceal	present	a promise of secrecy	danger	to a child	vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent danger=Patient
4	is	present	concerning	which statement not said here	with this lesson; consistent property	tree rules
5	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 promise may be broken only with the consent of the person endangered

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 promise	det
2	promise	promise	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 broken	nsubj:pass
3	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 broken	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 broken	aux:pass
5	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	only	only	ADV	_	9 consent	advmod
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 consent	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 consent	det
9	consent	consent	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 broken	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 person	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 person	det
12	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 consent	nmod
13	endangered	endangered	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 person	amod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break	may · passive		the promise					vn break-45.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Patient consent=Result
2	consent			the person					nom consent «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The safety of the child outweighs the promise, and a trusted adult ought to be informed

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 safety	det
2	safety	safety	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 outweighs	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 child	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 child	det
5	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 safety	nmod
6	outweighs	outweigh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 promise	det
8	promise	promise	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 outweighs	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 informed	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 informed	cc
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 adult	det
12	trusted	trust	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 adult	amod
13	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 informed	nsubj:pass
14	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 informed	aux
15	to	to	PART	_	17 informed	mark
16	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	17 informed	aux:pass
17	informed	inform	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 outweighs	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	outweigh	present	the safety of the child	the promise	vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot promise=Theme
2	trust	participle			vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	inform speech: other	ought · passive		a trusted adult	vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient

Option 3

The promise lapses solely upon the expiry of one calendar month

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 promise	det
2	promise	promise	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lapses	nsubj
3	lapses	lapse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	solely	solely	ADV	_	3 lapses	advmod
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 expiry	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 expiry	det
7	expiry	expiry	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lapses	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	11 month	case
9	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 month	nummod
10	calendar	calendar	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 month	compound
11	month	month	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 expiry	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lapse	present	the promise					upon the expiry of one calendar month; solely property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

The promise is absolute and must be kept irrespective of the danger

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 promise	det
2	promise	promise	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 absolute	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 absolute	cop
4	absolute	absolute	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 kept	cc
6	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 kept	aux
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 kept	aux:pass
8	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 absolute	conj
9	irrespective	irrespective	ADV	_	8 kept	advmod
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 danger	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 danger	det
12	danger	danger	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 kept	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the promise					absolute property	tree rules
2	keep	must · passive	the promise not said here					of the danger; irrespective property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»

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