Exam question 2 · Parents who row, and one kind and one not

Identify the appropriate course of action where a parental dispute becomes physical or frightening.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, parental dispute · What happens: identify, become · To what, where: appropriate course

This is exam question 2 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 course	det
3	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 course	amod
4	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 action	case
6	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 course	nmod
7	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	11 becomes	advmod
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 dispute	det
9	parental	parental	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 dispute	amod
10	dispute	dispute	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 becomes	nsubj
11	becomes	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 action	acl:relcl
12	physical	physical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 becomes	xcomp
13	or	or	CCONJ	_	14 frightening	cc
14	frightening	frightening	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 physical	conj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the appropriate course of action					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent course=Theme
2	become	present	a parental dispute					physical property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

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

Personal intervention between the disputing parties

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Personal	personal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 intervention	amod
2	intervention	intervention	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	between	between	ADP	_	6 parties	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 parties	det
5	disputing	disputing	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 parties	compound
6	parties	party	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 intervention	nmod

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

Option 2

Departure from the dwelling without informing anyone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Departure	departure	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	from	from	ADP	_	4 dwelling	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 dwelling	det
4	dwelling	dwelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Departure	nmod
5	without	without	SCONJ	_	6 informing	mark
6	informing	inform	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 dwelling	acl
7	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	6 informing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	inform speech: other	gerund	the dwelling not said here		anyone				vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent anyone=Recipient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Disclosure to a teacher, a trusted adult or Childline

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Disclosure	disclosure	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	to	to	ADP	_	4 teacher	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 teacher	det
4	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Disclosure	nmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 adult	punct
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 adult	det
7	trusted	trust	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 adult	amod
8	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Disclosure	conj
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 Childline	cc
10	Childline	Childline	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 adult	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	trust	participle							vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Concealment of the matter from all persons outside the home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Concealment	concealment	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 matter	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 matter	det
4	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Concealment	nmod
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 persons	case
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 persons	det
7	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 matter	nmod
8	outside	outside	ADP	_	10 home	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 home	det
10	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 persons	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conceal			the matter from all persons outside the home					nom concealment «state transitive»: of=patient

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