Exam question 4 · The only child: all the attention and wanting a sibling

Whereas a parent living alone seeks the constant companionship of an only son, state the conduct the lesson recommends.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: parent, you, lesson · What happens: live, seek, state, recommend · To what, where: constant companionship, conduct

This is exam question 4 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	Whereas	whereas	SCONJ	_	6 seeks	mark
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 parent	det
3	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 seeks	nsubj
4	living	live	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 parent	acl
5	alone	alone	ADV	_	4 living	advmod
6	seeks	seek	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 state	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 companionship	det
8	constant	constant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 companionship	amod
9	companionship	companionship	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 seeks	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	13 son	case
11	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 son	det
12	only	only	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 son	amod
13	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 companionship	nmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 state	punct
15	state	state	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 conduct	det
17	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 state	obj
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 lesson	det
19	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 recommends	nsubj
20	recommends	recommend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 conduct	acl:relcl
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	15 state	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	live	gerund	a parent not said here		alone property	vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	seek	present	a parent	the constant companionship of a only son		vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent companionship=Theme
3	state speech: other	imperative	you not said here	the conduct		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent conduct=Topic
4	recommend	present	the lesson	the conduct not said here		vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conduct=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

To relinquish all friendships in order to accompany the parent

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 relinquish	mark
2	relinquish	relinquish	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 friendships	det
4	friendships	friendship	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 relinquish	obj
5	in	in	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	8 accompany	mark
6	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 in	fixed
7	to	to	PART	_	8 accompany	mark
8	accompany	accompany	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 relinquish	advcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 parent	det
10	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 accompany	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	relinquish	to-infinitive		all friendships					vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent friendship=Theme
2	accompany	to-infinitive		the parent					vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent parent=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

To inform the parent kindly that he wishes also to see friends of his age

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 inform	mark
2	inform	inform	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 see	advcl
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 parent	det
4	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 inform	obj
5	kindly	kindly	ADV	_	2 inform	advmod
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 wishes	mark
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 wishes	nsubj
8	wishes	wish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 inform	advcl
9	also	also	ADV	_	11 see	advmod
10	to	to	PART	_	11 see	mark
11	see	see	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 see	obj
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 age	case
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 age	nmod:poss
15	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 friends	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	inform speech: other	to-infinitive			the parent	kindly property	vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent parent=Recipient
2	wish	present	parent				vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot
3	see	to-infinitive		friends of parent's age			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer friend=Stimulus

Option 3

To request that the parent cease to visit the shops altogether

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 request	mark
2	request	request	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 cease	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 parent	det
5	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cease	compound
6	cease	cease	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 request	obj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 visit	mark
8	visit	visit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 request	advcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 shops	det
10	shops	shop	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 visit	obj
11	altogether	altogether	ADV	_	8 visit	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	request	to-infinitive		parent cease					vn beg-58.2 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent cease=Recipient
2	visit	to-infinitive		the shops				altogether property	vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shop=Co-Agent

Option 4

To absent himself without informing the parent of his whereabouts

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 absent	mark
2	absent	absent	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	2 absent	obj
4	without	without	SCONJ	_	5 informing	mark
5	informing	inform	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 absent	advcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 parent	det
7	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 informing	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 whereabouts	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 whereabouts	nmod:poss
10	whereabouts	whereabouts	NOUN	Number=Ptan	7 parent	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	absent	to-infinitive		himself = he					tree rules
2	inform speech: other	gerund			the parent of parent's whereabouts				vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent parent=Recipient

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