Exam question 3 · Olympiad dilemmas: friends, truth and telling

Given that a child confides fear of violence at home and requests a false alibi, identify the course of action most consistent with this lesson.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: child · What happens: give, confide, request, identify, fear · To what, where: fear, false alibi, course, violence

This is exam question 3 of lesson 99 «Olympiad dilemmas: friends, truth and telling» 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	root	root
2	that	that	SCONJ	_	5 confides	mark
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 child	det
4	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 confides	nsubj
5	confides	confide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Given	advcl
6	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 confides	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 violence	case
8	violence	violence	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 fear	nmod
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 home	case
10	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 violence	nmod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 requests	cc
12	requests	request	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 confides	conj
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 alibi	det
14	false	false	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 alibi	amod
15	alibi	alibi	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 requests	obj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 identify	punct
17	identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	12 requests	parataxis
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 course	det
19	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 identify	obj
20	of	of	ADP	_	21 action	case
21	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 course	nmod
22	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	23 consistent	advmod
23	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 identify	ccomp
24	with	with	ADP	_	26 lesson	case
25	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	26 lesson	det
26	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 consistent	obl
27	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	give	participle			vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	confide speech: other	present	a child	fear of violence at home	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent fear=Topic
3	request	present	a child not said here	a false alibi	vn beg-58.2 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent alibi=Recipient
4	identify	infinitive		the course of action	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent course=Theme
5	fear			violence at home	nom fear «feeling 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The refusal of the falsehood together with the disclosure of the fear to a trusted adult

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 refusal	det
2	refusal	refusal	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 disclosure	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 falsehood	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 falsehood	det
5	falsehood	falsehood	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 refusal	nmod
6	together	together	ADV	_	9 disclosure	advmod
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 disclosure	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 disclosure	det
9	disclosure	disclosure	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 fear	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 fear	det
12	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 disclosure	nmod
13	to	to	ADP	_	16 adult	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 adult	det
15	trusted	trust	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 adult	amod
16	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 fear	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	roles by
1	trust	participle		vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	refuse		the falsehood	nom refusal «communication transitive»: of=patient
3	disclose		the fear to a trusted adult	nom disclosure «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

The disregard of the matter as a private family affair

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 disregard	det
2	disregard	disregard	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 matter	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 matter	det
5	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 disregard	nmod
6	as	as	ADP	_	10 affair	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 affair	det
8	private	private	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 affair	amod
9	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 affair	compound
10	affair	affair	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 disregard	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	disregard			the matter				as a private family affair	nom disregard «cognition transitive»: of=patient as=obl

Option 3

The provision of the false alibi in the interests of loyalty to the friend who requested it

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 provision	det
2	provision	provision	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 alibi	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 alibi	det
5	false	false	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 alibi	amod
6	alibi	alibi	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 provision	nmod
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 interests	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 interests	det
9	interests	interest	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 alibi	nmod
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 loyalty	case
11	loyalty	loyalty	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 interests	nmod
12	to	to	ADP	_	14 friend	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 friend	det
14	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 loyalty	nmod
15	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 requested	nsubj
16	requested	request	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 friend	acl:relcl
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 requested	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	request	past	the friend	friend	vn beg-58.2 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent it=Recipient
2	provide		the false alibi in the interests of loyalty to the friend		nom provision «communication intransitive»: of=agent
3	interest			loyalty to the friend	nom interest «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

The confrontation of the parent by the child

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 confrontation	det
2	confrontation	confrontation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 parent	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 parent	det
5	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 confrontation	nmod
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 child	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 child	det
8	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 confrontation	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	confront		the child	the parent					nom confrontation «communication transitive»: of=patient by=agent

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