Exam question 4 · Feuds between families

Ascertain the conclusion most appropriately drawn from the account of two brothers estranged for forty years over a clock.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: ascertain, draw, estrange, account · To what, where: conclusion, two brothers, clock

This is exam question 4 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 conclusion	det
3	conclusion	conclusion	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	5 appropriately	advmod
5	appropriately	appropriately	ADV	_	6 drawn	advmod
6	drawn	draw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 conclusion	acl
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 account	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 account	det
9	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 drawn	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 brothers	case
11	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 brothers	nummod
12	brothers	brother	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 account	nmod
13	estranged	estrange	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 brothers	acl
14	for	for	ADP	_	16 years	case
15	forty	forty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	16 years	nummod
16	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 estranged	obl
17	over	over	ADP	_	19 clock	case
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 clock	det
19	clock	clock	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 estranged	obl
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the conclusion				vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conclusion=Topic
2	draw	participle		the conclusion not said here			from the account of two brothers; appropriately property	vn split-23.2 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient from account=Co-Patient
3	estrange	participle		two brothers not said here	a clock	year		tree rules
4	account			two brothers				nom account «communication 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 · ✓ the right answer

Delay in reconciliation may result in lasting regret

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Delay	delay	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 result	nsubj
2	in	in	ADP	_	3 reconciliation	case
3	reconciliation	reconciliation	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Delay	nmod
4	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 result	aux
5	result	result	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 regret	case
7	lasting	lasting	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 regret	amod
8	regret	regret	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 result	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	result	may	Delay in reconciliation			lasting regret			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in regret=Location

Option 2

Estrangement invariably resolves itself

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Estrangement	estrangement	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 resolves	nsubj
2	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	3 resolves	advmod
3	resolves	resolve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	itself	itself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	3 resolves	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	resolve	present	Estrangement	Estrangement				invariably property	tree rules

Option 3

The clock was correctly retained

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 clock	det
2	clock	clock	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 retained	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 retained	aux:pass
4	correctly	correctly	ADV	_	5 retained	advmod
5	retained	retain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	retain	past · passive		the clock				correctly property	tree rules

Option 4

Possessions are of greater value than relations

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Possessions	possession	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 value	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 value	cop
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 value	case
4	greater	great	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 value	amod
5	value	value	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	than	than	ADP	_	7 relations	case
7	relations	relation	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 value	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Possessions					of greater value; than relations	tree rules

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