Exam question 1 · A new baby

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the jealousy experienced by an older child upon the arrival of a new baby?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: new baby · What happens: follow, characteris, experience, arrive · To what, where: jealousy

This is exam question 1 of lesson 504 «A new baby» 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 jealousy	det
10	jealousy	jealousy	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	experienced	experience	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 jealousy	acl
12	by	by	ADP	_	15 child	case
13	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 child	det
14	older	old	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	15 child	amod
15	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 experienced	obl
16	upon	upon	ADP	_	18 arrival	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 arrival	det
18	arrival	arrival	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 child	nmod
19	of	of	ADP	_	22 baby	case
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 baby	det
21	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 baby	amod
22	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 arrival	nmod
23	?	?	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 jealousy	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	experience	participle		the jealousy not said here	by a older child upon the arrival of a new baby	vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer
4	arrive		a new baby			nom arrival «act intransitive»: of=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 · ← Mova's choice

It indicates that the parents' love has ceased

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	_	9 ceased	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 parents	det
5	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 love	nmod:poss
6	'	's	PART	_	5 parents	case
7	love	love	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 ceased	nsubj:pass
8	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 ceased	aux
9	ceased	cease	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 indicates	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	indicate	present	It		vn indicate-78-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot
2	cease	present · perfect · passive		the parents's love	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: subject=Eventuality
3	love		the parents		nom love «feeling transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It is a normal feeling

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	5 feeling	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 feeling	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 feeling	det
4	normal	normal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 feeling	amod
5	feeling	feeling	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a normal feeling					tree rules

Option 3

It is unique to a few children

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 unique	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 unique	cop
3	unique	unique	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	7 children	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 children	det
6	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 children	amod
7	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 unique	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					to a few children; unique property	tree rules

Option 4

It is evidence of wickedness

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 evidence	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 evidence	cop
3	evidence	evidence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 wickedness	case
5	wickedness	wickedness	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 evidence	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	evidence				of wickedness	tree rules

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