Exam question 1 · Shouty parents and bad days

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the cause of a parent's occasional shouting?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: parent · What happens: follow, characteris, cause, shout · To what, where: cause, occasional shouting

This is exam question 1 of lesson 494 «Shouty parents and bad days» 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 cause	det
10	cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	16 shouting	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 parent	det
13	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 shouting	nmod:poss
14	's	's	PART	_	13 parent	case
15	occasional	occasional	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 shouting	amod
16	shouting	shouting	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 cause	nmod
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the cause of a parent's occasional shouting	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	cause			a parent's occasional shouting		nom cause «event transitive»: of=patient
4	shout		a parent			nom shouting «communication intransitive»: poss=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

It is always the fault of the child concerned

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 fault	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 fault	cop
3	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	5 fault	advmod
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 fault	det
5	fault	fault	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 child	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 child	det
8	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fault	nmod
9	concerned	concerned	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 fault	amod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	the fault				of the child; always property	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It commonly arises from fatigue or stress

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 arises	nsubj
2	commonly	commonly	ADV	_	3 arises	advmod
3	arises	arise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	5 fatigue	case
5	fatigue	fatigue	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 arises	obl
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 stress	cc
7	stress	stress	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fatigue	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	arise	present	It			fatigue or stress		commonly property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

It arises from a defect of the parent's hearing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 arises	nsubj
2	arises	arise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	5 defect	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 defect	det
5	defect	defect	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 arises	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	10 hearing	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 parent	det
8	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 hearing	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 parent	case
10	hearing	hearing	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 defect	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	arise	present	It			a defect of the parent's hearing			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	hear		the parent						nom hearing «act intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

It invariably arises from hatred of the child

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 arises	nsubj
2	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	3 arises	advmod
3	arises	arise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	5 hatred	case
5	hatred	hatred	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 arises	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 child	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 child	det
8	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hatred	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	arise	present	It			hatred of the child		invariably property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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