Exam question 3 · The only child: a quiet house

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning imaginary siblings invented by an only child.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: select, establish, concern, invent · To what, where: response, imaginary siblings

This is exam question 3 of lesson 498 «The only child: a quiet house» 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	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 siblings	case
10	imaginary	imaginary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 siblings	amod
11	siblings	sibling	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 facts	nmod
12	invented	invent	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 siblings	acl
13	by	by	ADP	_	16 child	case
14	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 child	det
15	only	only	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 child	amod
16	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 invented	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				vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
4	invent	participle		imaginary siblings not said here	by a only child	vn create-26.4-1 «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

They indicate a grave disorder requiring treatment

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 indicate	nsubj
2	indicate	indicate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 disorder	det
4	grave	grave	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 disorder	amod
5	disorder	disorder	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 indicate	obj
6	requiring	require	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 disorder	acl
7	treatment	treatment	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 requiring	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	indicate	present	They	a grave disorder					vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot disorder=Topic
2	require	gerund	a grave disorder not said here	treatment					vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme treatment=Precondition

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

They are common and healthy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 common	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 common	cop
3	common	common	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 healthy	cc
5	healthy	healthy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 common	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	They					common property	tree rules
2	be		They not said here						tree rules

Option 3

They are confined to children under three years of age

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 confined	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 confined	aux:pass
3	confined	confine	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 children	case
5	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 confined	obl
6	under	under	ADP	_	8 years	case
7	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 years	nummod
8	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 confined	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 age	case
10	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 years	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	confine	present · passive		They	children		year		vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to child=Destination

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

They signify that the child is unloved by its parents

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 signify	nsubj
2	signify	signify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 unloved	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 child	det
5	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 unloved	nsubj:pass
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 unloved	aux:pass
7	unloved	unlov	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 signify	advcl
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 parents	case
9	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 parents	nmod:poss
10	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 unloved	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	signify	present	They						vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot
2	unlov	present · passive	child's parents	the child					tree rules

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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