Exam question 2 · Tired, sad or drinking parents: tell a trusted adult
Identify the course of action recommended where a child observes a parent slurring, stumbling and neglecting engagements owing to alcohol.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, child, parent, engagements · What happens: identify, recommend, observe, slur, stumble, neglect · To what, where: course, action, parent, engagements, alcohol
This is exam question 2 of lesson 497 «Tired, sad or drinking parents: tell a trusted adult» 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 | 3 course | det |
| 3 | course | course | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Identify | obj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 action | case |
| 5 | action | action | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 course | nmod |
| 6 | recommended | recommend | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 action | acl |
| 7 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 10 observes | advmod |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 child | det |
| 9 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 observes | nsubj |
| 10 | observes | observe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 recommended | advcl |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 parent | det |
| 12 | parent | parent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 observes | obj |
| 13 | slurring | slur | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 12 parent | acl |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 stumbling | punct |
| 15 | stumbling | stumble | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 13 slurring | conj |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 neglecting | cc |
| 17 | neglecting | neglect | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 13 slurring | conj |
| 18 | engagements | engagement | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 neglecting | obj |
| 19 | owing | owe | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 18 engagements | acl |
| 20 | to | to | ADP | _ | 21 alcohol | case |
| 21 | alcohol | alcohol | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 owing | obl |
| 22 | . | . | 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 course of action | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent course=Theme | ||||
| 2 | recommend | participle | action not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | observe | present | a child | a parent | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent parent=Topic | ||||
| 4 | slur | gerund | a parent not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 5 | stumble | gerund | a parent not said here | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 6 | neglect | gerund | a parent not said here | engagements | vn neglect-75.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent engagement=Theme | ||||
| 7 | owe | gerund | engagements not said here | to alcohol goal | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to alcohol=Goal |
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
Disclosure to a trusted adult or to 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 | _ | 5 adult | case |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 adult | det |
| 4 | trusted | trust | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 adult | amod |
| 5 | adult | adult | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Disclosure | nmod |
| 6 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 8 Childline | cc |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 Childline | case |
| 8 | Childline | Childline | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 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 2
Disposal of the parent's alcohol by the child himself
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Disposal | disposal | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 alcohol | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 parent | det |
| 4 | parent | parent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 alcohol | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 parent | case |
| 6 | alcohol | alcohol | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Disposal | nmod |
| 7 | by | by | ADP | _ | 9 child | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 child | det |
| 9 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Disposal | nmod |
| 10 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 1 Disposal | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Absence from school so as to supervise the parent
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Absence | absence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 supervise | nsubj |
| 2 | from | from | ADP | _ | 3 school | case |
| 3 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Absence | nmod |
| 4 | so | so | ADV | _ | 7 supervise | advmod |
| 5 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 7 supervise | mark |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 supervise | mark |
| 7 | supervise | supervise | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 parent | det |
| 9 | parent | parent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 supervise | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | supervise | to-infinitive | Absence from school | the parent | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent parent=Theme |
Option 4
Concealment of the matter in order to protect the parent
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 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 order | case |
| 6 | order | order | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 matter | nmod |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 protect | mark |
| 8 | protect | protect | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Concealment | acl |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 parent | det |
| 10 | parent | parent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 protect | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | protect | to-infinitive | the parent | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent parent=Beneficiary | |||||
| 2 | conceal | the matter in order | nom concealment «state transitive»: of=patient |
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