Exam question 1 · Every family is different

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a family as defined in the lesson?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris, define · To what, where: family, lesson

This is exam question 1 of lesson 486 «Every family is different» 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 family	det
10	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	as	as	SCONJ	_	12 defined	mark
12	defined	define	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 characterises	advcl
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 lesson	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 lesson	det
15	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 defined	obl
16	?	?	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	a family		of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	define	participle		the lesson		vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: 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

A household in which not fewer than four persons habitually reside

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 household	det
2	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 which	case
4	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 reside	obl
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 fewer	advmod
6	fewer	few	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	8 four	advmod
7	than	than	ADP	_	6 fewer	fixed
8	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 persons	nummod
9	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 reside	nsubj
10	habitually	habitually	ADV	_	11 reside	advmod
11	reside	reside	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 household	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reside	present	four persons			a household		habitually property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in which=Location

Option 2

Any group of persons who share both a surname and a postal address

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	2 group	det
2	group	group	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 persons	case
4	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 group	nmod
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 share	nsubj
6	share	share	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 persons	acl:relcl
7	both	both	CCONJ	_	9 surname	cc:preconj
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 surname	det
9	surname	surname	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 share	obj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 address	cc
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 address	det
12	postal	postal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 address	amod
13	address	address	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 surname	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	share	present	persons	a surname and a postal address					tree rules

Option 3

A household comprising exclusively a mother, a father and their children

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 household	det
2	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	comprising	comprise	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 household	acl
4	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	6 mother	advmod
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 mother	det
6	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 comprising	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 father	punct
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 father	det
9	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 household	conj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 children	cc
11	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 children	nmod:poss
12	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 household	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	comprise	gerund	a household and a father and household's children not said here	a mother					vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme mother=Pivot

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The persons who care for a child, whatever form the household takes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 persons	det
2	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 form	nsubj
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 care	nsubj
4	care	care	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 persons	acl:relcl
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 child	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 child	det
7	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 care	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 form	punct
9	whatever	whatever	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 form	nsubj
10	form	form	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 household	det
12	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 takes	nsubj
13	takes	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 form	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	care	present	the persons	for a child	vn caring-75.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent for child=Theme
2	form	present	the persons		tree rules
3	take	present	the household		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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