Exam question 3 · What fights cost at home

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning parental trust subsequent to repeated fighting.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: select, establish, repeat · To what, where: response

This is exam question 3 of lesson 376 «What fights cost at home» 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	concerning	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 subsequent	amod
10	parental	parental	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 subsequent	amod
11	trust	trust	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 subsequent	compound
12	subsequent	subsequent	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 facts	nmod
13	to	to	ADP	_	15 fighting	case
14	repeated	repeat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 fighting	amod
15	fighting	fighting	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 subsequent	nmod
16	.	.	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	repeat	participle				vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

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 · ✓ the right answer

It is restored gradually through sustained good conduct

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 restored	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 restored	aux:pass
3	restored	restore	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	gradually	gradually	ADV	_	3 restored	advmod
5	through	through	ADP	_	8 conduct	case
6	sustained	sustain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 conduct	amod
7	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 conduct	amod
8	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 restored	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	restore	present · passive		It		sustained good conduct		gradually property	vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: subject=Theme
2	sustain	participle							vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent

Option 2

It is never diminished by a child's conduct

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 diminished	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 diminished	aux:pass
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 diminished	advmod
4	diminished	diminish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	9 conduct	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 child	det
7	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 conduct	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 child	case
9	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 diminished	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not diminish	present · passive	a child's conduct	It					vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Causer subject=Patient
2	conduct		a child						nom conduct «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

It is restored immediately and completely upon a single sincere promise

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 restored	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 restored	aux:pass
3	restored	restore	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	immediately	immediately	ADV	_	3 restored	advmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 completely	cc
6	completely	completely	ADV	_	4 immediately	conj
7	upon	upon	ADP	_	11 promise	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 promise	det
9	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 promise	amod
10	sincere	sincere	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 promise	amod
11	promise	promise	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 restored	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	restore	present · passive		It				upon a single sincere promise; immediately property	vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: subject=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

It is restored solely by the payment of money

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 restored	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 restored	aux:pass
3	restored	restore	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	solely	solely	ADV	_	3 restored	advmod
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 payment	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 payment	det
7	payment	payment	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 restored	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 money	case
9	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 payment	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	restore	present · passive	the payment of money	It				solely property	vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
2	pay			money					nom payment «possession transitive»: of=patient

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