Exam question 1 · Parents who row, and one kind and one not

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the responsibility for disputes between parents?

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

This is exam question 1 of lesson 496 «Parents who row, and one kind and one not» 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 responsibility	det
10	responsibility	responsibility	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	for	for	ADP	_	12 disputes	case
12	disputes	dispute	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 responsibility	nmod
13	between	between	ADP	_	14 parents	case
14	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 disputes	nmod
15	?	?	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 responsibility				of the following statements; for disputes between parents; 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

Responsibility is apportioned equally between the parents and every child

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Responsibility	responsibility	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 apportioned	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 apportioned	aux:pass
3	apportioned	apportion	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	equally	equally	ADV	_	3 apportioned	advmod
5	between	between	ADP	_	7 parents	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 parents	det
7	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 apportioned	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 child	cc
9	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	10 child	det
10	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 parents	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	apportion	present · passive		Responsibility				between the parents and every child; equally property	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: subject=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Such disputes are matters for the adults and are not the fault of the child

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 disputes	amod
2	disputes	dispute	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 matters	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 matters	cop
4	matters	matter	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 adults	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 adults	det
7	adults	adult	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 matters	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 fault	cc
9	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 fault	cop
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 fault	advmod
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 fault	det
12	fault	fault	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 matters	conj
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 child	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 child	det
15	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 fault	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Such disputes	matters and the fault				for the adults	tree rules
2	not is a	present	Such disputes not said here	the fault				of the child	tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Disputes arise solely where a child has requested money for an excursion

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Disputes	dispute	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 arise	nsubj
2	arise	arise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	solely	solely	ADV	_	2 arise	advmod
4	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	8 requested	advmod
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 child	det
6	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 requested	nsubj
7	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 requested	aux
8	requested	request	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 arise	advcl
9	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 requested	obj
10	for	for	ADP	_	12 excursion	case
11	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 excursion	det
12	excursion	excursion	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 requested	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	arise	present	Disputes					solely property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	request	present · perfect	a child	money				for a excursion	vn beg-58.2 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent money=Recipient

Option 4

The child is answerable for any dispute in the course of which his or her name is mentioned

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 child	det
2	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 answerable	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 answerable	cop
4	answerable	answerable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 dispute	case
6	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	7 dispute	det
7	dispute	dispute	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 answerable	obl
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 course	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 course	det
10	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 answerable	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 which	case
12	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	18 mentioned	obl
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 name	nmod:poss
14	or	or	CCONJ	_	16 name	cc
15	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 name	nmod:poss
16	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 mentioned	nsubj:pass
17	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 mentioned	aux:pass
18	mentioned	mention	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 course	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	present	the child		the course	for any dispute; answerable property	tree rules
2	mention speech: other	present · passive		child's name		of the course	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic
3	name		child				nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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