Exam question 1 · Grown-ups who argue and make up

Identify the principal purpose of a couple consulting a counsellor.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, couple · What happens: identify, consult, purpose · To what, where: principal purpose, counsellor

This is exam question 1 of lesson 14 «Grown-ups who argue and make up» of the adult life 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 purpose	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 purpose	amod
4	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 couple	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 couple	det
7	couple	couple	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 purpose	nmod
8	consulting	consult	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 couple	acl
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 counsellor	det
10	counsellor	counsellor	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 consulting	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal purpose of a couple	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent purpose=Theme
2	consult	gerund	a couple not said here	a counsellor	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent counsellor=Theme
3	purpose		a couple		nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: of=agent

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

To obtain a decree of divorce

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 obtain	mark
2	obtain	obtain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 decree	det
4	decree	decree	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 obtain	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 divorce	case
6	divorce	divorce	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 decree	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	obtain	to-infinitive		a decree of divorce					vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset decree=Theme
2	decree		divorce						nom decree «communication intransitive»: of=agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

To be helped to understand one another and resolve disagreements

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	3 helped	mark
2	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	3 helped	aux:pass
3	helped	help	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 understand	mark
5	understand	understand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 helped	xcomp
6	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 understand	obj
7	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	6 one	fixed
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 resolve	cc
9	resolve	resolve	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 understand	conj
10	disagreements	disagreement	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 resolve	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	roles by
1	help	to-infinitive · passive		vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: clause=Theme
2	understand	to-infinitive	one	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer one=Stimulus
3	resolve	infinitive	disagreements	tree rules

Option 3

To undertake a lengthy course of academic study at a university of their choosing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 undertake	mark
2	undertake	undertake	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 course	det
4	lengthy	lengthy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 course	amod
5	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 undertake	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 study	case
7	academic	academic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 study	amod
8	study	study	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 course	nmod
9	at	at	ADP	_	11 university	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 university	det
11	university	university	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 undertake	obl
12	of	of	SCONJ	_	14 choosing	mark
13	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 choosing	nsubj
14	choosing	choose	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 university	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	undertake	to-infinitive		a lengthy course of academic study		a university			vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent course=Eventuality
2	choose	gerund	their = they	a university not said here					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent university=Theme

Option 4

To be examined in respect of their hearing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	3 examined	mark
2	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	3 examined	aux:pass
3	examined	examine	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 respect	case
5	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 examined	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 hearing	case
7	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 hearing	nmod:poss
8	hearing	hearing	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 respect	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	examine	to-infinitive · passive			respect of their hearing	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»
2	respect			their hearing		nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient
3	hear		their = they			nom hearing «act intransitive»: poss=agent

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