Exam question 4 · Every family is different

Ascertain the principal reason why households differ in respect of bedtimes and permitted games.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, households · What happens: ascertain, differ, permit, respect · To what, where: principal reason, respect, games, bedtimes

This is exam question 4 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 reason	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reason	amod
4	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
5	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	7 differ	advmod
6	households	household	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 differ	nsubj
7	differ	differ	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 reason	acl:relcl
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 respect	case
9	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 differ	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 bedtimes	case
11	bedtimes	bedtime	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 respect	nmod
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 permitted	cc
13	permitted	permit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 differ	conj
14	games	game	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 permitted	obj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the principal reason		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Topic
2	differ	present	households		respect of bedtimes	vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	permit	past	households not said here	games		vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Theme
4	respect			bedtimes		nom respect «cognition 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 · ✓ the right answer

Each household sets its own rules, which are no measure of love

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	2 household	det
2	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sets	nsubj
3	sets	set	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 rules	nmod:poss
5	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 rules	amod
6	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 sets	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 measure	punct
8	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 measure	nsubj
9	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 measure	cop
10	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	11 measure	det
11	measure	measure	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 rules	appos
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 love	case
13	love	love	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 measure	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	set	present	each household	household's own rules		vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient rule=Result
2	is a	present	household's own rules	no measure	of love	tree rules
3	rule		household			nom rule «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Lenient households are thereby shown to love their children less

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lenient	lenient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 households	amod
2	households	household	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 shown	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 shown	aux:pass
4	thereby	thereby	ADV	_	5 shown	advmod
5	shown	show	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 love	mark
7	love	love	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 shown	xcomp
8	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 children	nmod:poss
9	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 love	obj
10	less	less	ADV	Degree=Cmp	7 love	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present · passive		Lenient households				thereby property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
2	love	to-infinitive		households's children				less property	vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer child=Stimulus

Option 3

The law prescribes a single bedtime for all children of an age

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 law	det
2	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 prescribes	nsubj
3	prescribes	prescribe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 bedtime	det
5	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 bedtime	amod
6	bedtime	bedtime	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 prescribes	obj
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 children	case
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 children	det
9	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 bedtime	nmod
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 age	case
11	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 age	det
12	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 children	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prescribe	present	the law	a single bedtime				for all children of a age	tree rules

Option 4

Stricter households are thereby shown to love their children less

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stricter	strict	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 households	amod
2	households	household	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 shown	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 shown	aux:pass
4	thereby	thereby	ADV	_	5 shown	advmod
5	shown	show	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 love	mark
7	love	love	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 shown	xcomp
8	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 children	nmod:poss
9	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 love	obj
10	less	less	ADV	Degree=Cmp	7 love	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present · passive		Stricter households				thereby property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
2	love	to-infinitive		households's children				less property	vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer child=Stimulus

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