Exam question 1 · The big sister: bossy, protective, borrowing your stuff

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the conduct of an elder sister who is both domineering and protective?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: elder sister · What happens: follow, characteris, domineer, conduct · To what, where: conduct, elder sister

This is exam question 1 of lesson 500 «The big sister: bossy, protective, borrowing your stuff» 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 conduct	det
10	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	14 sister	case
12	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 sister	det
13	elder	elder	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 sister	amod
14	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 conduct	nmod
15	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	18 domineering	nsubj
16	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 domineering	aux
17	both	both	CCONJ	_	18 domineering	cc:preconj
18	domineering	domineer	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	14 sister	acl:relcl
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 protective	cc
20	protective	protective	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 domineering	conj
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the conduct of a elder sister	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	domineer	present · progressive	a elder sister			tree rules
4	conduct			a elder sister		nom conduct «act transitive»: of=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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Both behaviours may proceed from a sense of responsibility

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	2 behaviours	det
2	behaviours	behaviour	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 proceed	nsubj
3	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 proceed	aux
4	proceed	proceed	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 sense	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 sense	det
7	sense	sense	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 proceed	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 responsibility	case
9	responsibility	responsibility	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sense	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	proceed	may	both behaviours			a sense of responsibility			vn begin-55.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent
2	sense			responsibility					nom sense «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

Domineering conduct precludes any protective inclination

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Domineering	domineer	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 precludes	csubj
2	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Domineering	obj
3	precludes	preclude	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	6 inclination	det
5	protective	protective	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 inclination	amod
6	inclination	inclination	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 precludes	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	domineer	gerund		conduct					tree rules
2	preclude	present	Domineering	any protective inclination					vn exclude-107.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent inclination=Theme

Option 3

Such conduct evidences animosity towards the younger child

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 animosity	amod
2	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 evidences	compound
3	evidences	evidence	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 animosity	compound
4	animosity	animosity	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	towards	towards	ADP	_	8 child	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 child	det
7	younger	young	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	8 child	amod
8	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 animosity	nmod

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

Option 4

Protective acts are performed solely to impress others

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Protective	protective	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 acts	amod
2	acts	act	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 performed	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 performed	aux:pass
4	performed	perform	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	solely	solely	ADV	_	4 performed	advmod
6	to	to	PART	_	7 impress	mark
7	impress	impress	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 performed	advcl
8	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 impress	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	perform	present · passive		Protective acts				solely property	vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	impress	to-infinitive		others					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus other=Experiencer

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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