Exam question 1 · Cold parents: always on the phone

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the coldness of certain parents?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: coldness

This is exam question 1 of lesson 495 «Cold parents: always on the phone» 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 coldness	det
10	coldness	coldness	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 parents	case
12	certain	certain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 parents	amod
13	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 coldness	nmod
14	?	?	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 coldness of certain parents				of the following statements; 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

It is a punishment for winning prizes in the field of science

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	4 punishment	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 punishment	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 punishment	det
4	punishment	punishment	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	for	for	SCONJ	_	6 winning	mark
6	winning	win	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 punishment	acl
7	prizes	prize	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 winning	obj
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 field	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 field	det
10	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 winning	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 science	case
12	science	science	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 field	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a punishment					tree rules
2	win	gerund	a punishment not said here	prizes		the field of science			vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prize=Eventuality

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

It is invariably caused by some fault on the part 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	4 caused	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 caused	aux:pass
3	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	4 caused	advmod
4	caused	cause	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 fault	case
6	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	7 fault	det
7	fault	fault	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 caused	obl
8	on	on	ADP	_	10 part	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 part	det
10	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 caused	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 child	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 child	det
13	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 part	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	present · passive	some fault	It		the part of the child		invariably property	vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition subject=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It frequently arises from the parent's own stress or upbringing

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	frequently	frequently	ADV	_	3 arises	advmod
3	arises	arise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	9 stress	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 parent	det
6	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 stress	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 parent	case
8	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 stress	amod
9	stress	stress	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 arises	obl
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 upbringing	cc
11	upbringing	upbringing	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 stress	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	arise	present	It			the parent's own stress or upbringing		frequently property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	stress		the parent						nom stress «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

It arises only in households where there are no telephones

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	only	only	ADV	_	5 households	advmod
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 households	case
5	households	household	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 arises	obj
6	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	8 are	advmod
7	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	8 are	expl
8	are	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 arises	advcl
9	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	10 telephones	det
10	telephones	telephone	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 are	nsubj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	arise	present	It	households					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location household=Theme
2	does	present	no telephones			there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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