Exam question 3 · Parents who row, and one kind and one not

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning a child placed between two disagreeing parents.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, place, disagree · To what, where: response, child

This is exam question 3 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 child	det
11	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	placed	place	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 child	acl
13	between	between	ADP	_	16 parents	case
14	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	16 parents	nummod
15	disagreeing	disagree	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	16 parents	amod
16	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 placed	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	a child		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus child=Experiencer
4	place	participle		a child not said here	between two disagreeing parents	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent between parent=Destination
5	disagree	gerund				vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: 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

The child may fairly request that the parents resolve it between themselves

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	5 request	nsubj
3	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 request	aux
4	fairly	fairly	ADV	_	5 request	advmod
5	request	request	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 resolve	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 parents	det
8	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 resolve	nsubj
9	resolve	resolve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 request	advcl
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 resolve	obj
11	between	between	ADP	_	12 themselves	case
12	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	9 resolve	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	request	may	the child					fairly property	vn beg-58.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent
2	resolve	present	the parents	child				between parents = parent	tree rules

Option 2

The child must conceal the disagreement from both parties indefinitely

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 conceal	nsubj
3	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 conceal	aux
4	conceal	conceal	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 disagreement	det
6	disagreement	disagreement	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 conceal	obj
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 parties	case
8	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	9 parties	det
9	parties	party	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 conceal	obl
10	indefinitely	indefinitely	ADV	_	4 conceal	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conceal	must	the child	the disagreement		both parties		indefinitely property	vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent disagreement=Patient from party=Beneficiary

Option 3

The child is obliged to support the more lenient parent in all matters

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 obliged	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 obliged	aux:pass
4	obliged	oblige	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 support	mark
6	support	support	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 obliged	xcomp
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 parent	det
8	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	9 lenient	advmod
9	lenient	lenient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 parent	amod
10	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 support	obj
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 matters	case
12	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	13 matters	det
13	matters	matter	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 support	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	oblige	present · passive		the child					vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result
2	support	to-infinitive		the lenient parent		all matters			vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer parent=Stimulus

Option 4

The child should determine which parent is correct and inform the other

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 determine	nsubj
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 determine	aux
4	determine	determine	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	6 parent	det
6	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 correct	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 correct	cop
8	correct	correct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 determine	ccomp
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 inform	cc
10	inform	inform	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 determine	conj
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 other	det
12	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 inform	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	determine	should	the child			vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	which parent		correct property	tree rules
3	inform speech: other	present	the child not said here	the other		vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent other=Recipient

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