Exam question 4 · Tired, sad or drinking parents: tell a trusted adult

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning an adult who repeatedly disparages and blames a child within the home.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts, adult · What happens: select, establish, concern, disparage, blame · To what, where: response, adult, child

This is exam question 4 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	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	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 adult	det
11	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 disparages	nsubj
13	repeatedly	repeatedly	ADV	_	14 disparages	advmod
14	disparages	disparage	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 adult	acl:relcl
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 blames	cc
16	blames	blame	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 disparages	conj
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 child	det
18	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 blames	obj
19	within	within	ADP	_	21 home	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 home	det
21	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 blames	obl
22	.	.	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 adult		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus adult=Experiencer
4	disparage	present	a adult		repeatedly property	vn reject-77.2-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
5	blame	present	a adult not said here	a child	within the home	vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Theme

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

The child is presumed to have provoked such conduct

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 presumed	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 presumed	aux:pass
4	presumed	presume	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	7 provoked	mark
6	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 provoked	aux
7	provoked	provoke	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 presumed	advcl
8	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 conduct	amod
9	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 provoked	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	presume	present · passive		the child					vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	provoke	to-infinitive · perfect		such conduct					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus conduct=Experiencer

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Such conduct is unacceptable and the child bears no blame

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 conduct	amod
2	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 unacceptable	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 unacceptable	cop
4	unacceptable	unacceptable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 blame	cc
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 bears	det
7	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 bears	compound
8	bears	bear	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 blame	nsubj
9	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	10 blame	det
10	blame	blame	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 unacceptable	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Such conduct					unacceptable property	tree rules
2	blame		the child bears						tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Such conduct is acceptable where the parent raises no objection

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 conduct	amod
2	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 acceptable	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 acceptable	cop
4	acceptable	acceptable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	8 raises	advmod
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 parent	det
7	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 raises	nsubj
8	raises	raise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 acceptable	advcl
9	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	10 objection	det
10	objection	objection	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 raises	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Such conduct					acceptable property	tree rules
2	raise	present	the parent	no objection					vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent objection=Theme

Option 4

Such conduct must remain undisclosed beyond the household

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 conduct	amod
2	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 undisclosed	nsubj:pass
3	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 undisclosed	aux
4	remain	remain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 undisclosed	aux:pass
5	undisclosed	undisclos	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	beyond	beyond	ADP	_	8 household	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 household	det
8	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 undisclosed	obl:agent

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	undisclos	must · passive	the household	Such conduct					tree rules

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