Exam question 3 · Rich families: the big house, the nanny and never seeing Dad

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning children of wealthy families.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, children

This is exam question 3 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	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	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 concerning	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 families	case
12	wealthy	wealthy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 families	amod
13	families	family	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 children	nmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	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	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	children of wealthy families		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus child=Experiencer

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 invariably arrogant and deserve whatever teasing they receive

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	4 arrogant	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 arrogant	cop
3	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	4 arrogant	advmod
4	arrogant	arrogant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 deserve	cc
6	deserve	deserve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 arrogant	conj
7	whatever	whatever	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 teasing	obj
8	teasing	tease	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 deserve	advcl
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 receive	nsubj
10	receive	receive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 arrogant	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	They		arrogant, invariably property	tree rules
2	deserve	present	They not said here			tree rules
3	tease	gerund	They not said here	whatever		vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whatever=Patient
4	receive	present	they			vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

They are without feelings and may be teased without consequence

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	4 feelings	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 feelings	cop
3	without	without	ADP	_	4 feelings	case
4	feelings	feeling	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 teased	cc
6	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 teased	aux
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 teased	aux:pass
8	teased	tease	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 feelings	conj
9	without	without	ADP	_	10 consequence	case
10	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 teased	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	They					without feelings	tree rules
2	tease	may · passive	They not said here					without consequence	vn ferret-35.6 «NP V NP»

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

They have feelings as other children do, and are not to blame for their parents' spending

The tree, 17 words

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 have	nsubj
2	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	feelings	feeling	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 have	obj
4	as	as	SCONJ	_	7 do	mark
5	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 children	amod
6	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 do	nsubj
7	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 have	advcl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 blame	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 blame	cc
10	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 blame	cop
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 blame	advmod
12	to	to	PART	_	13 blame	mark
13	blame	blame	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 have	parataxis
14	for	for	ADP	_	18 spending	case
15	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 parents	nmod:poss
16	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 spending	nmod:poss
17	'	's	PART	_	16 parents	case
18	spending	spending	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 blame	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	have	present	They	feelings		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feeling=Patient
2	do	present	other children			vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	not is	present			for children's parents's spending; blame property	tree rules
4	spend		children's parents			nom spending «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

They are responsible for their parents' expenditure upon parties

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 responsible	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 responsible	cop
3	responsible	responsible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	8 expenditure	case
5	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 parents	nmod:poss
6	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 expenditure	nmod:poss
7	'	's	PART	_	6 parents	case
8	expenditure	expenditure	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 responsible	obl
9	upon	upon	ADP	_	10 parties	case
10	parties	party	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 expenditure	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	They					for their parents's expenditure upon parties; responsible property	tree rules
2	expend		their parents					upon parties	nom expenditure «possession transitive»: poss=agent upon=obl

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