Exam question 3 · Feuds between families

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning children whose parents are engaged in a feud.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: select, establish, concern, engage · To what, where: response, concerning children, feud

This is exam question 3 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	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	10 children	amod
10	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 engaged	nsubj:pass
11	whose	whose	PRON	Poss=Yes PronType=Rel	12 parents	nmod:poss
12	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 engaged	nsubj:pass
13	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 engaged	aux:pass
14	engaged	engage	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	acl:relcl
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 feud	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 feud	det
17	feud	feud	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 engaged	obl
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				vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
4	engage	present · passive		concerning children	in a feud goal	vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP PP.goal»: subject=Theme in feud=Goal

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

Such children bear responsibility for the dispute

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 children	amod
2	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 bear	nsubj
3	bear	bear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	responsibility	responsibility	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bear	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 dispute	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 dispute	det
7	dispute	dispute	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bear	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bear	present	Such children	responsibility				for the dispute	vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer responsibility=Stimulus for dispute=Attribute

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Such children may remain friends notwithstanding the dispute

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 children	amod
2	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 remain	nsubj
3	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 remain	aux
4	remain	remain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 remain	obj
6	notwithstanding	notwithstand	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 remain	xcomp
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 dispute	det
8	dispute	dispute	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 notwithstanding	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remain	may	Such children	friends					tree rules
2	notwithstand	gerund	Such children not said here	the dispute					tree rules

Option 3

Such children are obliged to perpetuate the dispute of their parents

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 children	amod
2	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 obliged	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 obliged	aux:pass
4	obliged	oblige	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 perpetuate	mark
6	perpetuate	perpetuate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 obliged	xcomp
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 dispute	det
8	dispute	dispute	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 perpetuate	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 parents	case
10	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 parents	nmod:poss
11	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 dispute	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	oblige	present · passive		Such children	vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result
2	perpetuate	to-infinitive		the dispute of children's parents	vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent dispute=Patient
3	dispute		children's parents		nom dispute «communication intransitive»: of=agent

Option 4

Such children invariably share their parents' hostility

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 children	amod
2	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 share	nsubj
3	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	4 share	advmod
4	share	share	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 parents	nmod:poss
6	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 hostility	nmod:poss
7	'	's	PART	_	6 parents	case
8	hostility	hostility	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 share	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	share	present	Such children	children's parents's hostility				invariably property	tree rules

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