Exam question 1 · Feuds between families

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a feud between families?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: feud

This is exam question 1 of lesson 474 «Feuds between families» 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	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 feud	det
10	feud	feud	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	between	between	ADP	_	12 families	case
12	families	family	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 feud	nmod
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		a feud				of the following statements; between families; accurately property	tree rules

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

A dispute confined exclusively to children

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 dispute	det
2	dispute	dispute	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	confined	confine	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 dispute	acl
4	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	3 confined	advmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 children	case
6	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 confined	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	confine	participle		a dispute not said here	children			exclusively property	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to child=Destination

Option 2

A brief disagreement concluded within a day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 disagreement	det
2	brief	brief	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 disagreement	amod
3	disagreement	disagreement	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 concluded	nsubj
4	concluded	conclude	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	within	within	ADP	_	7 day	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 day	det
7	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 concluded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conclude	past	a brief disagreement				day		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

A protracted dispute which may persist after its origin is forgotten

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 dispute	det
2	protracted	protract	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 dispute	amod
3	dispute	dispute	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 forgotten	nsubj
4	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 persist	nsubj
5	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 persist	aux
6	persist	persist	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 dispute	acl:relcl
7	after	after	ADP	_	9 origin	case
8	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 origin	nmod:poss
9	origin	origin	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 persist	obl
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 forgotten	aux:pass
11	forgotten	forget	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	protract	participle				vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent
2	persist	may	a protracted dispute		after dispute's origin	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	forget	present · passive		a protracted dispute		tree rules

Option 4

A sporting fixture between two households

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 fixture	det
2	sporting	sport	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 fixture	amod
3	fixture	fixture	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	between	between	ADP	_	6 households	case
5	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 households	nummod
6	households	household	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 fixture	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sport	gerund							tree rules

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