Exam question 3 · Sadness, jealousy, boredom, pride and brothers and sisters

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning jealousy upon the arrival of a new baby.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts, new baby · What happens: select, establish, concern, arrive · To what, where: response, jealousy

This is exam question 3 of lesson 213 «Sadness, jealousy, boredom, pride and brothers and sisters» of the everyday 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	upon	upon	ADP	_	13 arrival	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 arrival	det
13	arrival	arrival	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	17 baby	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 baby	det
16	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 baby	amod
17	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 arrival	nmod
18	.	.	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	upon the arrival of a new baby	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus jealousy=Experiencer
4	arrive		a new baby			nom arrival «act intransitive»: of=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

Jealousy of a baby is never felt

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Jealousy	jealousy	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 felt	nsubj:pass
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 baby	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 baby	det
4	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Jealousy	nmod
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 felt	aux:pass
6	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	7 felt	advmod
7	felt	feel	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not feel	present · passive		Jealousy of a baby					vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

The child ought to keep the feeling hidden

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 child	det
2	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 keep	nsubj
3	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 keep	aux
4	to	to	PART	_	5 keep	mark
5	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 feeling	det
7	feeling	feeling	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 keep	obj
8	hidden	hidden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 keep	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	ought	the child	the feeling				hidden property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feeling=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The child may ask for special time; parents' love is undiminished

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 child	det
2	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ask	nsubj
3	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 ask	aux
4	ask	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 time	case
6	special	special	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 time	amod
7	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ask	obl
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	13 undiminished	punct
9	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 love	nmod:poss
10	'	's	PART	_	9 parents	case
11	love	love	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 undiminished	nsubj
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 undiminished	cop
13	undiminished	undiminished	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 ask	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	may	the child	time		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	parents's love		undiminished property	tree rules
3	love		parents			nom love «feeling transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

Parents cease to love older children

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 cease	nsubj
2	cease	cease	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 love	mark
4	love	love	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 cease	advcl
5	older	old	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 children	amod
6	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 love	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cease	present	Parents						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	love	to-infinitive	Parents not said here	older children					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer child=Stimulus

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