Exam question 2 · The only child: all the attention and wanting a sibling

It is given that parents desired further children but none were born. Identify the correct characterisation of this circumstance.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: parents, you · What happens: give, desire, bear, identify, characterise · To what, where: It, parents, correct characterisation, circumstance

This is exam question 2 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

Sentence 1: It is given that parents desired further children but none were born.

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	_	12 born	mark
5	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 born	nsubj:pass
6	desired	desire	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 parents	acl
7	further	further	ADV	_	8 children	advmod
8	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 parents	conj
9	but	but	CCONJ	_	10 none	cc
10	none	none	PRON	PronType=Neg	5 parents	conj
11	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 born	aux:pass
12	born	bear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 given	advcl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	give	present · passive		It	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	desire	past	parents and children not said here		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot
3	bear	past · passive		parents and children	vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

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: Identify the correct characterisation of this circumstance.

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	4 characterisation	det
3	correct	correct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 characterisation	amod
4	characterisation	characterisation	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 circumstance	case
6	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	7 circumstance	det
7	circumstance	circumstance	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 characterisation	nmod
8	.	.	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 correct characterisation of this circumstance					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent characterisation=Theme
2	characterise			this circumstance					nom characterisation «communication transitive»: of=patient

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

A matter which the child is obliged to raise with the parents daily

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 matter	det
2	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 obliged	nsubj:pass
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 child	det
5	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 obliged	nsubj:pass
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 obliged	aux:pass
7	obliged	oblige	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 matter	acl:relcl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 raise	mark
9	raise	raise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 obliged	xcomp
10	with	with	ADP	_	12 parents	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 parents	det
12	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 raise	obl
13	daily	daily	ADV	_	9 raise	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	oblige	present · passive		a matter					vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result
2	raise	to-infinitive						with the parents; daily property	vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with parent=Instrument

Option 2

A consequence of the child having requested a sibling at Christmas

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 consequence	det
2	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 requested	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 child	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 child	det
5	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 consequence	nmod
6	having	have	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 requested	aux
7	requested	request	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 sibling	det
9	sibling	sibling	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 requested	obj
10	at	at	ADP	_	11 Christmas	case
11	Christmas	Christmas	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 requested	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	request	gerund · perfect	a consequence of the child	a sibling		Christmas			vn beg-58.2 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent sibling=Recipient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

A private and often sorrowful matter for which the child bears no blame

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 matter	det
2	private	private	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 matter	amod
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 sorrowful	cc
4	often	often	ADV	_	5 sorrowful	advmod
5	sorrowful	sorrowful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 private	conj
6	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	for	for	ADP	_	11 bears	case
8	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 bears	nsubj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 bears	det
10	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 bears	compound
11	bears	bear	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 matter	nmod
12	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	13 blame	det
13	blame	blame	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 bears	nmod:unmarked

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

A circumstance arising solely from the parents' choice of country

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 circumstance	det
2	circumstance	circumstance	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	arising	arise	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 circumstance	acl
4	solely	solely	ADV	_	3 arising	advmod
5	from	from	ADP	_	9 choice	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 parents	det
7	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 choice	nmod:poss
8	'	's	PART	_	7 parents	case
9	choice	choice	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 arising	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 country	case
11	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 choice	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	arise	gerund	a circumstance not said here			the parents's choice of country		solely property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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