Exam question 2 · When parents separate

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a divorce?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: divorce

This is exam question 2 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	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	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 divorce	det
10	divorce	divorce	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		a divorce				of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules

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

A temporary separation lasting not more than one week

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 separation	det
2	temporary	temporary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 separation	amod
3	separation	separation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	lasting	last	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 separation	acl
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 more	advmod
6	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp ExtPos=ADV	8 one	advmod
7	than	than	ADP	_	6 more	fixed
8	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 week	nummod
9	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lasting	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	last	gerund	a temporary separation not said here				week		vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme

Option 2

A criminal proceeding against one of the spouses

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 proceeding	det
2	criminal	criminal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 proceeding	amod
3	proceeding	proceeding	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 one	nsubj
4	against	against	ADP	_	5 one	case
5	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 spouses	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 spouses	det
8	spouses	spouse	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 one	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

The legal termination of the relationship between each parent and the child

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 termination	det
2	legal	legal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 termination	amod
3	termination	termination	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 relationship	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 relationship	det
6	relationship	relationship	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 termination	nmod
7	between	between	ADP	_	9 parent	case
8	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	9 parent	det
9	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 relationship	nmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 child	cc
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 child	det
12	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 parent	conj

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The legal termination of a marriage, which does not terminate the family

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 termination	det
2	legal	legal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 termination	amod
3	termination	termination	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 terminate	nsubj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 marriage	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 marriage	det
6	marriage	marriage	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 termination	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 terminate	punct
8	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 terminate	nsubj
9	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 terminate	aux
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 terminate	advmod
11	terminate	terminate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 family	det
13	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 terminate	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not terminate	present · do-support	the legal termination of a marriage	the family					vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent family=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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