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Exam question 4 · Parents who row, and one kind and one not

It is given that one parent responds warmly to a child's achievement and the other dismissively. State the conduct recommended in the lesson.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: one parent, child, you · What happens: give, respond, achieve, state, recommend · To what, where: It, conduct, lesson

This is exam question 4 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

Sentence 1: It is given that one parent responds warmly to a child's achievement and the other dismissively.

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 given	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 responds	mark
5	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 parent	nummod
6	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 responds	nsubj
7	responds	respond	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	advcl
8	warmly	warmly	ADV	_	7 responds	advmod
9	to	to	ADP	_	13 achievement	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 child	det
11	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 achievement	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 child	case
13	achievement	achievement	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 responds	obl
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 other	cc
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 other	det
16	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 achievement	conj
17	dismissively	dismissively	ADV	_	7 responds	advmod
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present · passive		It					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	respond speech: other	present	one parent					to a child's achievement; dismissively, warmly property	vn respond-113 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to achievement=Theme
3	achieve		a child						nom achievement «act transitive»: 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.

Sentence 2: State the conduct recommended in the lesson.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	State	state	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 conduct	det
3	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 State	obj
4	recommended	recommend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 conduct	acl
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 lesson	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 lesson	det
7	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 recommended	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 State	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	state speech: other	imperative	you not said here	the conduct					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent conduct=Topic
2	recommend	participle		the conduct not said here		the lesson			vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

To inform the warm parent of one's feelings whilst continuing to love both

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 inform	mark
2	inform	inform	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 parent	det
4	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 parent	amod
5	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 inform	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 feelings	case
7	one	one	PRON	Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 feelings	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 one	case
9	feelings	feeling	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 parent	nmod
10	whilst	whilst	SCONJ	_	11 continuing	mark
11	continuing	continue	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 inform	advcl
12	to	to	PART	_	13 love	mark
13	love	love	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 continuing	xcomp
14	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	13 love	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	inform speech: other	to-infinitive			the warm parent of one's feelings				vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent parent=Recipient
2	continue	gerund							vn continue-55.3 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
3	love	to-infinitive		both					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer both=Stimulus

Option 2

To abandon the activity which attracted the dismissive remark

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 abandon	mark
2	abandon	abandon	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 activity	det
4	activity	activity	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 abandon	obj
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 attracted	nsubj
6	attracted	attract	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 activity	acl:relcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 remark	det
8	dismissive	dismissive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 remark	amod
9	remark	remark	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 attracted	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	abandon	to-infinitive		the activity					vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial_location»: agent=Theme activity=Source
2	attract	past	the activity	the dismissive remark					vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent remark=Patient

Option 3

To accept the dismissive remark as an accurate assessment

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 accept	mark
2	accept	accept	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 remark	det
4	dismissive	dismissive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 remark	amod
5	remark	remark	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 accept	obj
6	as	as	ADP	_	9 assessment	case
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 assessment	det
8	accurate	accurate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 assessment	amod
9	assessment	assessment	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 accept	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	accept	to-infinitive		the dismissive remark				as a accurate assessment	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent remark=Theme as assessment=Attribute

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

To withdraw all affection from the dismissive parent forthwith and to inform the school

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 withdraw	mark
2	withdraw	withdraw	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 affection	det
4	affection	affection	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 withdraw	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	8 parent	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 parent	det
7	dismissive	dismissive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 parent	amod
8	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 withdraw	obl
9	forthwith	forthwith	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 parent	amod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 inform	cc
11	to	to	PART	_	12 inform	mark
12	inform	inform	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 withdraw	conj
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 school	det
14	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 inform	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	withdraw	to-infinitive		all affection				from the dismissive parent	vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent affection=Theme from parent=Initial_Location
2	inform speech: other	to-infinitive		the school					vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent school=Recipient

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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