Exam question 4 · A new baby in the house

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning jealousy felt by an older sibling towards a newborn.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, feel · To what, where: response, jealousy

This is exam question 4 of lesson 19 «A new baby in the house» 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	8 facts	acl
10	jealousy	jealousy	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
11	felt	feel	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	10 jealousy	acl
12	by	by	ADP	_	15 sibling	case
13	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 sibling	det
14	older	old	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	15 sibling	amod
15	sibling	sibling	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 felt	obl
16	towards	towards	ADP	_	18 newborn	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 newborn	det
18	newborn	newborn	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 sibling	nmod
19	.	.	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	the established facts not said here	jealousy		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus jealousy=Experiencer
4	feel	participle		jealousy not said here	by a older sibling towards a newborn	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent by sibling=Location

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 right answer

It is very common and does not signify that the older child is loved less

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 common	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 common	cop
3	very	very	ADV	_	4 common	advmod
4	common	common	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 signify	cc
6	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 signify	aux
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 signify	advmod
8	signify	signify	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 common	conj
9	that	that	SCONJ	_	14 loved	mark
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 child	det
11	older	old	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	12 child	amod
12	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 loved	nsubj:pass
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 loved	aux:pass
14	loved	love	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 signify	advcl
15	less	less	ADV	Degree=Cmp	14 loved	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	It		common property	tree rules
2	not signify	present · do-support				vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot
3	love	present · passive		the older child	less property	vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus

Option 2

It is rare and signifies a serious problem

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 rare	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 rare	cop
3	rare	rare	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 signifies	cc
5	signifies	signify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 rare	conj
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 problem	det
7	serious	serious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 problem	amod
8	problem	problem	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 signifies	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					rare property	tree rules
2	signify	present		a serious problem					vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot problem=Theme

Option 3

It signifies that the parents prefer the newborn to the older child in every respect

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	2 signifies	nsubj
2	signifies	signify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 prefer	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 parents	det
5	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 prefer	nsubj
6	prefer	prefer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 signifies	ccomp
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 newborn	det
8	newborn	newborn	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 prefer	obj
9	to	to	ADP	_	12 child	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 child	det
11	older	old	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	12 child	amod
12	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 prefer	obl
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 respect	case
14	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	15 respect	det
15	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 child	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	signify	present	It						tree rules
2	prefer	present	the parents	the newborn				to the older child in every respect	vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer newborn=Stimulus

Option 4

It ought to be concealed from the parents

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	5 concealed	nsubj:pass
2	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 concealed	aux
3	to	to	PART	_	5 concealed	mark
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 concealed	aux:pass
5	concealed	conceal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 parents	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 parents	det
8	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 concealed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conceal	ought · passive		It				from the parents	vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Patient from parent=Beneficiary

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