Exam question 3 · The only child: all the attention and wanting a sibling

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning possessions and the character of being spoilt.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: select, establish, spoil · To what, where: consistent, character

This is exam question 3 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 consistent	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 consistent	obl:unmarked
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	obj
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	concerning	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 possessions	amod
10	possessions	possession	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 facts	conj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 character	cc
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 character	det
13	character	character	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 facts	conj
14	of	of	SCONJ	_	16 spoilt	mark
15	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	16 spoilt	aux:pass
16	spoilt	spoil	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 character	acl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the consistent	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent consistent=Theme
2	establish	participle			vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	spoil	gerund · passive		the character not said here	vn entity_specific_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»

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

Generosity in sharing is evidence of a spoilt character

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Generosity	generosity	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 evidence	nsubj
2	in	in	ADP	_	3 sharing	case
3	sharing	sharing	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Generosity	nmod
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 evidence	cop
5	evidence	evidence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 character	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 character	det
8	spoilt	spoil	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 character	amod
9	character	character	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 evidence	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Generosity in sharing	evidence				of a spoilt character	tree rules
2	spoil	participle							vn entity_specific_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 2

The possession of several consoles establishes that a child is spoilt

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 possession	det
2	possession	possession	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 establishes	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 consoles	case
4	several	several	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 consoles	amod
5	consoles	console	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 possession	nmod
6	establishes	establish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	that	that	SCONJ	_	11 spoilt	mark
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 child	det
9	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 spoilt	nsubj:pass
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 spoilt	aux:pass
11	spoilt	spoil	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 establishes	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	establish	present	the possession of several consoles		vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
2	spoil	present · passive		a child	tree rules
3	possess			several consoles	nom possession «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

An only child is by definition spoilt irrespective of conduct

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 child	det
2	only	only	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 child	amod
3	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 definition	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 definition	cop
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 definition	case
6	definition	definition	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	spoilt	spoil	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 definition	acl
8	irrespective	irrespective	ADV	_	7 spoilt	advmod
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 conduct	case
10	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 spoilt	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	a only child					by definition	tree rules
2	spoil	participle		definition not said here				of conduct; irrespective property	vn entity_specific_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The possession of many things is not equivalent to being spoilt

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 possession	det
2	possession	possession	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 equivalent	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 things	case
4	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 things	amod
5	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 possession	nmod
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 equivalent	cop
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 equivalent	advmod
8	equivalent	equivalent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
9	to	to	SCONJ	_	11 spoilt	mark
10	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 spoilt	aux:pass
11	spoilt	spoil	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 equivalent	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	not is	present	the possession of many things		equivalent property	tree rules
2	spoil	gerund · passive	the possession of many things not said here			vn entity_specific_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»
3	possess			many things		nom possession «act transitive»: of=patient

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