Exam question 2 · Big brothers

Identify the principal reason, as established in the lesson, for an adolescent's desire to exclude a younger sibling from his company.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, adolescent · What happens: identify, establish, exclude, desire · To what, where: principal reason, lesson, younger sibling, company

This is exam question 2 of lesson 501 «Big brothers» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 reason	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reason	amod
4	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 established	punct
6	as	as	SCONJ	_	7 established	mark
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 reason	acl
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 lesson	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 lesson	det
10	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 established	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 desire	punct
12	for	for	ADP	_	16 desire	case
13	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 adolescent	det
14	adolescent	adolescent	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 desire	nmod:poss
15	's	's	PART	_	14 adolescent	case
16	desire	desire	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obl
17	to	to	PART	_	18 exclude	mark
18	exclude	exclude	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 desire	acl
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 sibling	det
20	younger	young	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	21 sibling	amod
21	sibling	sibling	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 exclude	obj
22	from	from	ADP	_	24 company	case
23	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	24 company	nmod:poss
24	company	company	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 sibling	nmod
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal reason		for a adolescent's desire	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	establish	participle		the principal reason not said here	the lesson		vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	exclude	to-infinitive	you not said here	a younger sibling	his company		vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer sibling=Beneficiary from company=Eventuality
4	desire		a adolescent				nom desire «feeling transitive»: poss=agent

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 · ✓ the right answer

A need for space amongst his own friends

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 need	det
2	need	need	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	4 space	case
4	space	space	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 need	nmod
5	amongst	amongst	ADP	_	8 friends	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 friends	nmod:poss
7	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 friends	amod
8	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 need	nmod

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

Option 2

An instruction from the parents

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 instruction	det
2	instruction	instruction	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	5 parents	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 parents	det
5	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 instruction	nmod

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

Option 3

A settled hatred towards the sibling

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 hatred	det
2	settled	settled	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 hatred	amod
3	hatred	hatred	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	towards	towards	ADP	_	6 sibling	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sibling	det
6	sibling	sibling	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hatred	nmod

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

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

A wish to punish the younger child

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 wish	det
2	wish	wish	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 punish	mark
4	punish	punish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wish	acl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 child	det
6	younger	young	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 child	amod
7	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 punish	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	punish	to-infinitive		the younger child					vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Patient

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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