Exam question 3 · The internet and undersea cables

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning requests for a password received by message.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: select, establish, receive · To what, where: response, password

This is exam question 3 of lesson 37 «The internet and undersea cables» of the technology 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concerning	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 requests	amod
10	requests	request	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 facts	conj
11	for	for	ADP	_	13 password	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 password	det
13	password	password	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 requests	nmod
14	received	receive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 password	acl
15	by	by	ADP	_	16 message	case
16	message	message	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 received	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	receive	participle		a password not said here	by message	vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent by message=Location

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 bank shall request a password by message annually

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 bank	det
2	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 request	nsubj
3	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 request	aux
4	request	request	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 password	det
6	password	password	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 request	obj
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 message	case
8	message	message	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 request	obl
9	annually	annually	ADV	_	4 request	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	request	shall	a bank	a password				by message; annually property	vn beg-58.2 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent password=Recipient

Option 2

A password may be disclosed where the matter is urgent

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 password	det
2	password	password	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 disclosed	nsubj:pass
3	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 disclosed	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 disclosed	aux:pass
5	disclosed	disclose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	10 urgent	advmod
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 matter	det
8	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 urgent	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 urgent	cop
10	urgent	urgent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 disclosed	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	disclose	may · passive		a password					vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic
2	is	present	the matter					urgent property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

A bank shall never request a password by message, and such a message is to be reported to an adult

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 bank	det
2	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 request	nsubj
3	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 request	aux
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 request	advmod
5	request	request	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 password	det
7	password	password	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 request	obj
8	by	by	ADP	_	9 message	case
9	message	message	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 request	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 reported	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 reported	cc
12	such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	14 message	det:predet
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 message	det
14	message	message	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 reported	nsubj:pass
15	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 reported	aux:pass
16	to	to	PART	_	18 reported	mark
17	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	18 reported	aux:pass
18	reported	report	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 request	parataxis
19	to	to	ADP	_	21 adult	case
20	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 adult	det
21	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 reported	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not request	shall	a bank	a password				by message	vn beg-58.2 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent password=Recipient
2	report	present · passive		such message	a adult				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Topic to adult=Recipient

Option 4

A password may be disclosed where a prize is offered

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 password	det
2	password	password	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 disclosed	nsubj:pass
3	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 disclosed	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 disclosed	aux:pass
5	disclosed	disclose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	10 offered	advmod
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 prize	det
8	prize	prize	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 offered	nsubj:pass
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 offered	aux:pass
10	offered	offer	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 disclosed	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	disclose	may · passive		a password					vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic
2	offer	present · passive		a prize					vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: subject=Theme

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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