Exam question 1 · The only child: all the attention and wanting a sibling

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the attention afforded to an only child?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris, afford · To what, where: attention

This is exam question 1 of lesson 499 «The only child: all the attention and wanting a sibling» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 attention	det
10	attention	attention	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	afforded	afford	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 attention	acl
12	to	to	ADP	_	15 child	case
13	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 child	det
14	only	only	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 child	amod
15	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 afforded	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the attention	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	afford	participle	the attention not said here	to a only child	tree rules

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

It is invariably insufficient owing to the parents' preoccupations

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	4 insufficient	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 insufficient	cop
3	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	4 insufficient	advmod
4	insufficient	insufficient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	owing	owe	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 insufficient	advcl
6	to	to	ADP	_	10 preoccupations	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 parents	det
8	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 preoccupations	nmod:poss
9	'	's	PART	_	8 parents	case
10	preoccupations	preoccupation	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 owing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	It	insufficient, invariably property	tree rules
2	owe	gerund		to the parents's preoccupations goal	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to preoccupation=Goal
3	preoccupy		the parents		nom preoccupation «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

It is of no consequence to the child's feelings whatsoever

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	5 consequence	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 consequence	cop
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 consequence	case
4	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 consequence	det
5	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	10 feelings	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 child	det
8	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 feelings	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 child	case
10	feelings	feeling	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 consequence	nmod
11	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	5 consequence	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					of no consequence; to the child's feelings; whatsoever property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It is undivided, which may prove both agreeable and burdensome

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 undivided	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 undivided	cop
3	undivided	undivided	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 prove	punct
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 prove	nsubj
6	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 prove	aux
7	prove	prove	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 undivided	conj
8	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	9 agreeable	advmod
9	agreeable	agreeable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 prove	xcomp
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 burdensome	cc
11	burdensome	burdensome	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 agreeable	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					undivided property	tree rules
2	prove	may						agreeable property	vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent

Option 4

It is, by statute, equal to that afforded to children of large families

The tree, 13 words

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	5 statute	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 statute	cop
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 statute	punct
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 statute	case
5	statute	statute	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 equal	punct
7	equal	equal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 statute	conj
8	to	to	ADP	_	9 that	case
9	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	7 equal	obl
10	afforded	afford	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 statute	advcl
11	to	to	ADP	_	12 children	case
12	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 afforded	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 families	case
14	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 families	amod
15	families	family	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 children	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	It	statute property	tree rules
2	be			to that	tree rules
3	afford	participle		to children of large families	tree rules

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