Exam question 3 · Every family is different

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning households in which grandparents reside.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, grandparents · What happens: select, establish, reside · To what, where: response, concerning households

This is exam question 3 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	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	concerning	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 households	amod
10	households	household	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 facts	conj
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 which	case
12	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 reside	obl
13	grandparents	grandparent	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 reside	nsubj
14	reside	reside	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 households	acl:relcl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	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	reside	present	grandparents		concerning households		vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in which=Location

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

They are prohibited by law in Canada and the United Kingdom

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 prohibited	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 prohibited	aux:pass
3	prohibited	prohibit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 law	case
5	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 prohibited	obl
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 Canada	case
7	Canada	Canada	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 prohibited	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 Kingdom	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Kingdom	det
10	United	United	PROPN	_	11 Kingdom	flat
11	Kingdom	Kingdom	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 Canada	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prohibit	present · passive	law	They		Canada and the United Kingdom			vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer subject=Theme

Option 2

They are found exclusively in China and nowhere else

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 found	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 found	aux:pass
3	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	3 found	advmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 China	case
6	China	China	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 found	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 nowhere	cc
8	nowhere	nowhere	ADV	PronType=Neg	3 found	advmod
9	else	else	ADV	_	8 nowhere	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	present · passive		They		China		exclusively, nowhere property	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic

Option 3

They arise only during the prolonged absence of the parents

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 arise	nsubj
2	arise	arise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	only	only	ADV	_	7 absence	advmod
4	during	during	ADP	_	7 absence	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 absence	det
6	prolonged	prolong	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 absence	amod
7	absence	absence	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 arise	ccomp
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 parents	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 parents	det
10	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 absence	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	arise	present	They		vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	prolong	participle			vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent
3	absent			the parents	nom absence «state transitive»: of=patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

They are common in many countries and entirely normal

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 common	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 common	cop
3	common	common	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 countries	case
5	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 countries	amod
6	countries	country	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 common	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 normal	cc
8	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	9 normal	advmod
9	normal	normal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 common	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	They			many countries		common property	tree rules
2	be		They not said here					entirely property	tree rules

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