Exam question 4 · New partners and step-families

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning families headed by two mothers.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: select, establish, concern, head · To what, where: response, concerning families

This is exam question 4 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	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	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 families	amod
10	families	family	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 facts	conj
11	headed	head	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 families	acl
12	by	by	ADP	_	14 mothers	case
13	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	14 mothers	nummod
14	mothers	mother	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 headed	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund				vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
4	head	participle		concerning families not said here	by two mothers	vn conduct-111.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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

Such a family requires a father to be complete

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	3 family	det:predet
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 family	det
3	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 requires	nsubj
4	requires	require	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 father	det
6	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 requires	obj
7	to	to	PART	_	9 complete	mark
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 complete	cop
9	complete	complete	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 requires	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present	such family	a father					vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme father=Precondition
2	is	to-infinitive	such family not said here					complete property	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Such a family is as genuine and complete as any other

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	3 family	det:predet
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 family	det
3	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 genuine	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 genuine	cop
5	as	as	ADP	_	6 genuine	case
6	genuine	genuine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 complete	cc
8	complete	complete	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 genuine	conj
9	as	as	ADP	_	10 any	case
10	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	6 genuine	obl
11	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 any	fixed

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	such family					as any; genuine property	tree rules
2	be		such family not said here						tree rules

Option 3

Such a family is not recognised as a family

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	3 family	det:predet
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 family	det
3	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 recognised	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 recognised	aux:pass
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 recognised	advmod
6	recognised	recognise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	as	as	ADP	_	9 family	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 family	det
9	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 recognised	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not recognise	present · passive		such family				as a family	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus as family=Attribute

Option 4

Such a family is temporary by its nature

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	3 family	det:predet
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 family	det
3	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 temporary	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 temporary	cop
5	temporary	temporary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 nature	case
7	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 nature	nmod:poss
8	nature	nature	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 temporary	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	such family					by family's nature; temporary property	tree rules

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