Exam question 1 · Rich families: the big house, the nanny and never seeing Dad

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the relation between wealth and a parent's time?

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

This is exam question 1 of lesson 491 «Rich families: the big house, the nanny and never seeing Dad» 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 relation	det
10	relation	relation	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	between	between	ADP	_	12 wealth	case
12	wealth	wealth	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 relation	nmod
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 time	cc
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 parent	det
15	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 time	nmod:poss
16	's	's	PART	_	15 parent	case
17	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 relation	conj
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the relation and a parent's time				of the following statements; between wealth; accurately property	tree rules

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

Wealth renders a parent's presence wholly unnecessary

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wealth	wealth	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 renders	nsubj
2	renders	render	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 parent	det
4	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 presence	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 parent	case
6	presence	presence	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 renders	obj
7	wholly	wholly	ADV	_	8 unnecessary	advmod
8	unnecessary	unnecessary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 renders	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	render	present	Wealth	a parent's presence					vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent presence=Theme

Option 2

Wealth obliges a parent to be absent on every occasion

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wealth	wealth	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 obliges	nsubj
2	obliges	oblige	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 parent	det
4	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 obliges	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	7 absent	mark
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 absent	cop
7	absent	absent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 obliges	advcl
8	on	on	ADP	_	10 occasion	case
9	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	10 occasion	det
10	occasion	occasion	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 absent	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	oblige	present	Wealth	a parent					vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent parent=Patient
2	is	to-infinitive	Wealth not said here			every occasion		absent property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Wealth may purchase help but not the parent's presence

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wealth	wealth	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 purchase	nsubj
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 purchase	aux
3	purchase	purchase	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 purchase	obj
5	but	but	CCONJ	_	10 presence	cc
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 presence	advmod
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 parent	det
8	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 presence	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 parent	case
10	presence	presence	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 help	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	purchase	may	Wealth	help but the parent's presence					vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset help=Theme

Option 4

Wealth guarantees a parent's constant presence at home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wealth	Wealth	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 guarantees	nsubj
2	guarantees	guarantee	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 parent	det
4	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 presence	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 parent	case
6	constant	constant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 presence	amod
7	presence	presence	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 guarantees	obj
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 home	case
9	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 guarantees	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	guarantee	present	Wealth	a parent's constant presence		home			vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition presence=Theme

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