Exam question 1 · Mum's best friend and Dad's mate from work

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the friendships of adults as described in the lesson?

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

This is exam question 1 of lesson 482 «Mum's best friend and Dad's mate from work» 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 friendships	det
10	friendships	friendship	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 adults	case
12	adults	adult	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 friendships	nmod
13	as	as	SCONJ	_	14 described	mark
14	described	describe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 characterises	advcl
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 lesson	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 lesson	det
17	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 described	obl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the friendships of adults		of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	describe	participle		the lesson		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent

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

Adult friendships terminate upon any quarrel

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Adult	adult	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 friendships	amod
2	friendships	friendship	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 terminate	nsubj
3	terminate	terminate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	upon	upon	ADP	_	6 quarrel	case
5	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	6 quarrel	det
6	quarrel	quarrel	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 terminate	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	terminate	present	Adult friendships					upon any quarrel	vn stop-55.4-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 2

Adult friendships are invariably free from dispute

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Adult	adult	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 friendships	amod
2	friendships	friendship	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 free	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 free	cop
4	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	5 free	advmod
5	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	from	from	ADP	_	7 dispute	case
7	dispute	dispute	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 free	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Adult friendships			dispute		free, invariably property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Adults likewise form, quarrel within and repair friendships

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Adults	adult	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 form	nsubj
2	likewise	likewise	ADV	_	3 form	advmod
3	form	form	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 quarrel	punct
5	quarrel	quarrel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 form	conj
6	within	within	ADP	_	5 quarrel	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 repair	cc
8	repair	repair	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 form	conj
9	friendships	friendship	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 repair	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	form	present	Adults		likewise property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	quarrel	infinitive	Adults not said here			vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	repair	infinitive	Adults not said here	friendships		vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent friendship=Patient

Option 4

Adults do not require friendships

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Adults	adult	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 require	nsubj
2	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 require	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 require	advmod
4	require	require	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	friendships	friendship	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 require	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not require	present · do-support	Adults	friendships					vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme friendship=Precondition

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