Exam question 3 · When parents separate

Identify the principal function of a family court in respect of arrangements for children, given that the parents are unable to agree.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, parents · What happens: identify, give, be, agree, respect · To what, where: principal function, arrangements

This is exam question 3 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 function	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 function	amod
4	function	function	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 court	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 court	det
7	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 court	compound
8	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 function	nmod
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 respect	case
10	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 court	nmod
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 arrangements	case
12	arrangements	arrangement	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 respect	nmod
13	for	for	ADP	_	14 children	case
14	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 arrangements	nmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 given	punct
16	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 arrangements	acl
17	that	that	SCONJ	_	21 unable	mark
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 parents	det
19	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 unable	nsubj
20	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 unable	cop
21	unable	unable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 given	advcl
22	to	to	PART	_	23 agree	mark
23	agree	agree	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	21 unable	xcomp
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal function of a family court in respect of arrangements for children		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent function=Theme
2	give	participle		arrangements for children not said here		vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient
3	is	present	the parents		unable property	tree rules
4	agree speech: agree	to-infinitive	the parents not said here			vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	respect			arrangements for children		nom respect «cognition 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 · ✓ the right answer

To determine arrangements in the best interests of the children

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 determine	mark
2	determine	determine	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	arrangements	arrangement	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 determine	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 interests	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 interests	det
6	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	7 interests	amod
7	interests	interest	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 determine	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 interests	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	determine	to-infinitive		arrangements		the best interests of the children			vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arrangement=Topic
2	interest			the children					nom interest «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

To impose a fine upon both parents

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 impose	mark
2	impose	impose	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 fine	det
4	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 impose	obj
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 parents	case
6	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	7 parents	det
7	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 impose	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	impose	to-infinitive		a fine				upon both parents	vn enforce-63 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fine=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

To determine which parent was to blame for the separation

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 determine	mark
2	determine	determine	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 blame	advcl
3	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	4 parent	det
4	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 blame	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 blame	cop
6	to	to	PART	_	7 blame	mark
7	blame	blame	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 separation	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 separation	det
10	separation	separation	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 blame	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	determine	to-infinitive	which parent not said here						vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	which parent					for the separation; blame property	tree rules

Option 4

To require the parents to remarry

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 require	mark
2	require	require	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 parents	det
4	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 require	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 remarry	mark
6	remarry	remarry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 require	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	to-infinitive		the parents					vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent parent=Recipient clause=Topic
2	remarry	to-infinitive							vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

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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