Exam question 1 · Jealousy, boredom, pride and hard moments

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the love of parents toward older children following the birth of a baby?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: older children · What happens: follow, characteris, love · To what, where: love, birth, parents

This is exam question 1 of lesson 292 «Jealousy, boredom, pride and hard moments» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 love	det
10	love	love	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 parents	case
12	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 love	nmod
13	toward	toward	ADP	_	15 children	case
14	older	old	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	15 children	amod
15	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
16	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	15 children	acl
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 birth	det
18	birth	birth	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 following	obj
19	of	of	ADP	_	21 baby	case
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 baby	det
21	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 birth	nmod
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the love of parents	of the following statements; toward older children; accurately property	tree rules
3	follow	gerund	older children not said here	the birth of a baby		vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent birth=Theme
4	love			parents		nom love «feeling 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

They love older children less as they grow

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 love	nsubj
2	love	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	older	old	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 children	amod
4	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 love	obj
5	less	less	ADV	Degree=Cmp	2 love	advmod
6	as	as	SCONJ	_	8 grow	mark
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 grow	nsubj
8	grow	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 love	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	love	present	They	older children				less property	vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer child=Stimulus
2	grow	present	children = child						vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

They love the baby more because it is smaller and needs them more

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 love	nsubj
2	love	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 baby	det
4	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 love	obj
5	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	2 love	advmod
6	because	because	SCONJ	_	9 smaller	mark
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 smaller	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 smaller	cop
9	smaller	small	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 love	advcl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 needs	cc
11	needs	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 love	conj
12	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 needs	obj
13	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	11 needs	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	love	present	They	the baby		vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer baby=Stimulus
2	is	present	baby		small property	tree rules
3	need	present	They not said here	them = they		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot they=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

They love their older children just as much, though the baby needs much care

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 love	nsubj
2	love	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 children	nmod:poss
4	older	old	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 children	amod
5	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 love	obj
6	just	just	ADV	_	8 much	advmod
7	as	as	ADV	_	8 much	advmod
8	much	much	ADV	_	2 love	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 needs	punct
10	though	though	SCONJ	_	13 needs	mark
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 baby	det
12	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 needs	nsubj
13	needs	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 love	parataxis
14	much	much	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 care	amod
15	care	care	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 needs	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	love	present	They	their older children					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer child=Stimulus
2	need	present	the baby	much care					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot care=Theme

Option 4

They love only the newest child

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 love	nsubj
2	love	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	only	only	ADV	_	6 child	advmod
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 child	det
5	newest	new	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 child	amod
6	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 love	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	love	present	They	the newest child					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer

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