Exam question 4 · Minding the little ones: «you're the oldest»

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the imitation of an elder sibling by a younger one.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, imitate · To what, where: response, imitation, elder sibling

This is exam question 4 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
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	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 imitation	det
11	imitation	imitation	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	15 sibling	case
13	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 sibling	det
14	elder	elder	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 sibling	compound
15	sibling	sibling	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 imitation	nmod
16	by	by	ADP	_	19 one	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 one	det
18	younger	young	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	19 one	amod
19	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obl
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the imitation of a elder sibling	by a younger one	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus imitation=Experiencer
4	imitate			a elder sibling		nom imitation «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

It arises solely from a wish to vex the elder sibling

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	2 arises	nsubj
2	arises	arise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	solely	solely	ADV	_	2 arises	advmod
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 wish	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 wish	det
6	wish	wish	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 arises	obl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 vex	mark
8	vex	vex	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 arises	advcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 sibling	det
10	elder	elder	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 sibling	amod
11	sibling	sibling	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 vex	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	arise	present	It			a wish		solely property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	vex	to-infinitive		the elder sibling					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus sibling=Experiencer

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It arises because the younger child admires the elder

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	2 arises	nsubj
2	arises	arise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	7 admires	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 child	det
5	younger	young	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 child	amod
6	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 admires	nsubj
7	admires	admire	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 arises	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 elder	det
9	elder	elder	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 admires	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	arise	present	It						vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	admire	present	the younger child	the elder					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer elder=Stimulus

Option 3

It indicates that the younger child is unwell

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	2 indicates	nsubj
2	indicates	indicate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 unwell	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 child	det
5	younger	young	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 child	amod
6	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 unwell	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 unwell	cop
8	unwell	unwell	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 indicates	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	indicate	present	It						vn indicate-78-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot
2	is	present	the younger child					unwell property	tree rules

Option 4

It is directed by the parents as a form of discipline

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 directed	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 directed	aux:pass
3	directed	direct	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 parents	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 parents	det
6	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 directed	obl
7	as	as	ADP	_	9 form	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 form	det
9	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 directed	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 discipline	case
11	discipline	discipline	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 form	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	direct	present · passive	the parents	It				as a form of discipline	vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: agent=Agent subject=Eventuality
2	form			discipline					nom form «communication transitive»: of=patient

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