Exam question 1 · Family changes and grief

Identify the most accurate statement concerning the cause of the separation of parents.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, accurate statement, parents · What happens: identify, concern, cause, separate · To what, where: accurate statement, cause, separation

This is exam question 1 of lesson 214 «Family changes and grief» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statement	det
3	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	4 accurate	advmod
4	accurate	accurate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 statement	amod
5	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
6	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statement	acl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 cause	det
8	cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 concerning	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 separation	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 separation	det
11	separation	separation	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 cause	nmod
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 parents	case
13	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 separation	nmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the accurate statement	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent statement=Theme
2	concern	gerund	the accurate statement not said here	the cause of the separation of parents	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus cause=Experiencer
3	cause			the separation of parents	nom cause «event transitive»: of=patient
4	separate		parents		nom separation «state 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It is never the fault of the child

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 fault	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 fault	cop
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 fault	advmod
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 fault	det
5	fault	fault	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 child	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 child	det
8	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fault	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is a	present	It	the fault				of the child	tree rules

Option 2

It is generally the fault of the eldest child

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 fault	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 fault	cop
3	generally	generally	ADV	_	5 fault	advmod
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 fault	det
5	fault	fault	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 child	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 child	det
8	eldest	eld	ADJ	Degree=Sup	9 child	amod
9	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fault	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	the fault				of the eldest child; generally property	tree rules

Option 3

It is caused by the child's poor school marks

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 caused	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 caused	aux:pass
3	caused	cause	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	10 marks	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 child	det
6	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 marks	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 child	case
8	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 marks	amod
9	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 marks	compound
10	marks	mark	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 caused	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	present · passive	the child's poor school marks	It					vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition subject=Patient
2	mark		the child						nom mark «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

It is caused by children's quarrels

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 caused	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 caused	aux:pass
3	caused	cause	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	7 quarrels	case
5	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 quarrels	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 children	case
7	quarrels	quarrel	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 caused	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	present · passive	children's quarrels	It					vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition subject=Patient
2	quarrel		children						nom quarrel «communication intransitive»: poss=agent

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