Exam question 1 · Minding the little ones: «you're the oldest»

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the attribution of blame to the eldest child for acts committed by younger siblings?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris, commit, attribute · To what, where: attribution, acts, blame

This is exam question 1 of lesson 502 «Minding the little ones: «you're the oldest»» 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 attribution	det
10	attribution	attribution	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 blame	case
12	blame	blame	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 attribution	nmod
13	to	to	ADP	_	16 child	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 child	det
15	eldest	eld	ADJ	Degree=Sup	16 child	amod
16	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obl
17	for	for	ADP	_	18 acts	case
18	acts	act	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 child	nmod
19	committed	commit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	18 acts	acl
20	by	by	ADP	_	22 siblings	case
21	younger	young	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	22 siblings	amod
22	siblings	sibling	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 committed	obl
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the attribution of blame	of the following statements; to the eldest child for acts; accurately property	tree rules
3	commit	participle	acts not said here	by younger siblings	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	attribute		blame		nom attribution «cognition 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

It is unfair, the eldest also being a child

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 unfair	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 unfair	cop
3	unfair	unfair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 eldest	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 eldest	det
6	eldest	eld	ADJ	Degree=Sup	3 unfair	parataxis
7	also	also	ADV	_	10 child	advmod
8	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 child	cop
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 child	det
10	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 unfair	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					unfair property	tree rules
2	is a	gerund		a child					tree rules

Option 2

It is required by the customs of every family

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 required	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 required	aux:pass
3	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 customs	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 customs	det
6	customs	custom	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 required	obl:agent
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 family	case
8	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	9 family	det
9	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 customs	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present · passive	the customs of every family	It					vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme subject=Precondition

Option 3

It is appropriate whenever the parents are absent

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 appropriate	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 appropriate	cop
3	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	whenever	whenever	ADV	PronType=Rel	8 absent	advmod
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 parents	det
6	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 absent	nsubj
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 absent	cop
8	absent	absent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 appropriate	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					appropriate property	tree rules
2	is	present	the parents					absent, whenever property	tree rules

Option 4

It is just, the eldest being in sole charge of the household

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	10 charge	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 charge	cop
3	just	just	ADV	_	10 charge	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 just	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 charge	det
6	eldest	eld	ADJ	Degree=Sup	10 charge	amod
7	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 charge	cop
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 charge	case
9	sole	sole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 charge	amod
10	charge	charge	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 household	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 household	det
13	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 charge	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It			the eldest sole charge		of the household	tree rules

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