Exam question 1 · Warm parents and strict parents

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the motives of strict parents as described in the lesson?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris, describe · To what, where: motives, lesson

This is exam question 1 of lesson 493 «Warm parents and strict parents» 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 motives	det
10	motives	motive	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 parents	case
12	strict	strict	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 parents	amod
13	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 motives	nmod
14	as	as	SCONJ	_	15 described	mark
15	described	describe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 characterises	advcl
16	in	in	ADP	_	18 lesson	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 lesson	det
18	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 described	obl
19	?	?	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	the motives of strict parents		of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	describe	participle		the lesson		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Concern for the child's sleep, schooling and safety

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Concern	concern	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	for	for	ADP	_	6 sleep	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 child	det
4	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sleep	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 child	case
6	sleep	sleep	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Concern	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 schooling	punct
8	schooling	schooling	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Concern	conj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 safety	cc
10	safety	safety	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Concern	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sleep		the child						nom sleep «state intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

Obedience to a law prescribing strictness

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Obedience	obedience	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	to	to	ADP	_	4 law	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 law	det
4	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Obedience	nmod
5	prescribing	prescribe	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Obedience	acl
6	strictness	strictness	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 prescribing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prescribe	gerund	Obedience to a law not said here	strictness					tree rules

Option 3

Indifference as to the child's welfare

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Indifference	Indifference	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	as	as	ADP	_	7 welfare	case
3	to	to	ADP	_	7 welfare	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 child	det
5	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 welfare	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 child	case
7	welfare	welfare	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Indifference	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

A wish to deprive the child of all enjoyment

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 wish	det
2	wish	wish	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 deprive	mark
4	deprive	deprive	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wish	acl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 child	det
6	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 deprive	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 enjoyment	case
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 enjoyment	det
9	enjoyment	enjoyment	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 child	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	deprive	to-infinitive		the child of all enjoyment					vn deprive-10.6.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Source

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