Exam question 3 · New partners and step-families

Identify the principal meaning of the term "remarriage" as applied to a parent.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, apply, mean · To what, where: principal meaning, term

This is exam question 3 of lesson 16 «New partners and step-families» 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 meaning	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 meaning	amod
4	meaning	meaning	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 term	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 term	det
7	term	term	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 meaning	nmod
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 remarriage	punct
9	remarriage	remarriage	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 term	appos
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 remarriage	punct
11	as	as	SCONJ	_	12 applied	mark
12	applied	apply	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Identify	advcl
13	to	to	ADP	_	15 parent	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 parent	det
15	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 applied	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal meaning of the term		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent meaning=Theme
2	apply	participle	you not said here		to a parent	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	mean			the term		nom meaning «communication 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

The repetition of vows with an existing spouse upon an anniversary

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 repetition	det
2	repetition	repetition	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 vows	case
4	vows	vow	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 repetition	nmod
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 spouse	case
6	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 spouse	det
7	existing	exist	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 spouse	amod
8	spouse	spouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 repetition	nmod
9	upon	upon	ADP	_	11 anniversary	case
10	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 anniversary	det
11	anniversary	anniversary	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 spouse	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	exist	gerund							vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	repeat		vows					with a existing spouse upon a anniversary	nom repetition «event intransitive»: of=agent with=obl

Option 2

A formal engagement preceding marriage

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 engagement	det
2	formal	formal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 engagement	amod
3	engagement	engagement	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	preceding	precede	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 engagement	acl
5	marriage	marriage	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 preceding	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	precede	gerund	a formal engagement not said here	marriage					vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme marriage=Co-Theme

Option 3

The dissolution of an existing marriage

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 dissolution	det
2	dissolution	dissolution	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 marriage	case
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 marriage	det
5	existing	exist	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 marriage	amod
6	marriage	marriage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dissolution	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	exist	gerund							vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	dissolve			a existing marriage					nom dissolution «process transitive»: of=patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

A further marriage following divorce or bereavement

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 marriage	det
2	further	further	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 marriage	amod
3	marriage	marriage	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 divorce	amod
5	divorce	divorce	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 marriage	conj
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 bereavement	cc
7	bereavement	bereavement	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 marriage	conj

#	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

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