Exam question 3 · Grown-ups who argue and make up

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises disagreement between persons who love one another?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: persons · What happens: follow, characteris, love · To what, where: disagreement, one

This is exam question 3 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	disagreement	disagreement	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
10	between	between	ADP	_	11 persons	case
11	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 disagreement	nmod
12	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 love	nsubj
13	love	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 persons	acl:relcl
14	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 love	obj
15	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	14 one	fixed
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		disagreement	of the following statements; between persons; accurately property	tree rules
3	love	present	persons	one		vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer one=Stimulus

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

It is invariably a sign of imminent separation and eventual divorce

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 sign	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 sign	cop
3	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	5 sign	advmod
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 sign	det
5	sign	sign	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 separation	case
7	imminent	imminent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 separation	amod
8	separation	separation	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sign	nmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 divorce	cc
10	eventual	eventual	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 divorce	amod
11	divorce	divorce	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 separation	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a sign				of imminent separation and eventual divorce; invariably property	tree rules

Option 2

It occurs solely in households with children

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 occurs	nsubj
2	occurs	occur	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	solely	solely	ADV	_	2 occurs	advmod
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 households	case
5	households	household	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 occurs	obl
6	with	with	ADP	_	7 children	case
7	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 occurs	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	occur	present	It			households		with children; solely property	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in household=Location

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It is normal, and discussion thereof is how decisions are reached

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 normal	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 normal	cop
3	normal	normal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 reached	punct
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 reached	cc
6	discussion	discussion	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 reached	nsubj:pass
7	thereof	thereof	ADV	_	6 discussion	advmod
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 reached	cop
9	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	12 reached	advmod
10	decisions	decision	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 reached	nsubj:pass
11	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 reached	aux:pass
12	reached	reach	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 normal	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					normal property	tree rules
2	is	present · passive		discussion				reach property	tree rules

Option 4

It is prohibited between married persons

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 prohibited	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 prohibited	aux:pass
3	prohibited	prohibit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	between	between	ADP	_	6 persons	case
5	married	married	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 persons	amod
6	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 prohibited	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prohibit	present · passive		It				between married persons	vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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