Exam question 1 · When parents separate

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the cause of a parental separation.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, response, established facts · What happens: select, be, establish, concern, cause · To what, where: response, cause, parental separation

This is exam question 1 of lesson 15 «When parents separate» 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	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	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 consistent	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 consistent	cop
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	acl:relcl
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 facts	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 facts	det
9	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 facts	amod
10	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 consistent	obl
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 facts	acl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 cause	det
13	cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	17 separation	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 separation	det
16	parental	parental	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 separation	amod
17	separation	separation	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 cause	nmod
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	is	present	the response		with the established facts; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the cause of a parental separation		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus cause=Experiencer
5	cause			a parental separation		nom cause «event 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

It is ordinarily occasioned by the misbehaviour of the children of the marriage

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	4 occasioned	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 occasioned	aux:pass
3	ordinarily	ordinarily	ADV	_	4 occasioned	advmod
4	occasioned	occasion	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 misbehaviour	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 misbehaviour	det
7	misbehaviour	misbehaviour	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 occasioned	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 children	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 children	det
10	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 misbehaviour	nmod
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 marriage	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 marriage	det
13	marriage	marriage	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 children	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	occasion	present · passive	the misbehaviour of the children of the marriage	It				ordinarily property	tree rules

Option 2

It is determined in every instance by the grandparents

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 determined	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 determined	aux:pass
3	determined	determine	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 instance	case
5	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	6 instance	det
6	instance	instance	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 determined	obl
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 grandparents	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 grandparents	det
9	grandparents	grandparent	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 determined	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	determine	present · passive	the grandparents	It		every instance			vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Topic

Option 3

It may be reversed by improved conduct on the part of the 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	4 reversed	nsubj:pass
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 reversed	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 reversed	aux:pass
4	reversed	reverse	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 conduct	case
6	improved	improve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 conduct	amod
7	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 reversed	obl
8	on	on	ADP	_	10 part	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 part	det
10	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 reversed	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 children	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 children	det
13	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 part	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reverse	may · passive	improved conduct	It		the part of the children			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent subject=Patient
2	improve	participle							vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It is a decision of the parents, not caused by the conduct of the children

The tree, 15 words

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	4 decision	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 decision	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 decision	det
4	decision	decision	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 parents	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 parents	det
7	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 decision	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 caused	punct
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 caused	advmod
10	caused	cause	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 decision	acl
11	by	by	ADP	_	13 conduct	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 conduct	det
13	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 caused	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 children	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 children	det
16	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 conduct	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a decision	of the parents	tree rules
2	not cause	participle		a decision not said here	by the conduct of the children	vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition
3	conduct			the children		nom conduct «act transitive»: of=patient

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