Exam question 4 · A new baby

It is given that a parent residing apart from a child has had a further child in a new family. Select the response consistent with the established facts.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: parent, you · What happens: give, reside, have, select, establish · To what, where: It, further child, new family, response

This is exam question 4 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

Sentence 1: It is given that a parent residing apart from a child has had a further child in a new 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 given	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	13 had	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 parent	det
6	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 had	nsubj
7	residing	reside	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 parent	acl
8	apart	apart	ADV	_	7 residing	advmod
9	from	from	ADP	_	11 child	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 child	det
11	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 residing	obl
12	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 had	aux
13	had	have	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	3 given	advcl
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 child	det
15	further	further	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 child	amod
16	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 had	obj
17	in	in	ADP	_	20 family	case
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 family	det
19	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 family	amod
20	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 child	nmod
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	give	present · passive		It			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	reside	gerund	a parent not said here			from a child; apart property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	have	present · perfect	a parent	a further child	a new family		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=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.

Sentence 2: Select the response consistent with the established facts.

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	3 response	amod
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	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response					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

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

The elder child must conceal any feelings he may experience

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 child	det
2	elder	elder	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 child	amod
3	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 conceal	nsubj
4	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 conceal	aux
5	conceal	conceal	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	7 feelings	det
7	feelings	feeling	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 conceal	obj
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 experience	nsubj
9	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 experience	aux
10	experience	experience	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 conceal	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conceal	must	the elder child	any feelings					vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feeling=Patient
2	experience	may	child						vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2

The elder child ceases to be regarded as a child of that parent

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 child	det
2	elder	elder	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 child	amod
3	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ceases	nsubj
4	ceases	cease	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	7 regarded	mark
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 regarded	aux:pass
7	regarded	regard	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 ceases	xcomp
8	as	as	ADP	_	10 child	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 child	det
10	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 regarded	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 parent	case
12	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	13 parent	det
13	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 child	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cease	present	the elder child						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
2	regard	to-infinitive · passive	the elder child not said here					as a child of that parent	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.value»: as child=Value

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The elder child remains that parent's child, and may express his feelings

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 remains	det
2	elder	elder	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 remains	amod
3	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 remains	compound
4	remains	remains	NOUN	Number=Ptan	root	root
5	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 express	obj
6	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 child	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 parent	case
8	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 express	nsubj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 express	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 express	cc
11	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 express	aux
12	express	express	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 remains	acl:relcl
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 feelings	nmod:poss
14	feelings	feeling	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 express	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	express	may	parent's child	the elder child remains					vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent that=Destination feeling=Theme

Option 4

The elder child is obliged to discontinue all visits forthwith

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 child	det
2	elder	elder	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 child	amod
3	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 obliged	nsubj:pass
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 obliged	aux:pass
5	obliged	oblige	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 discontinue	mark
7	discontinue	discontinue	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 obliged	xcomp
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 visits	det
9	visits	visit	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 discontinue	obj
10	forthwith	forthwith	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 discontinue	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	oblige	present · passive		the elder child					vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result
2	discontinue	to-infinitive		all visits				forthwith property	vn stop-55.4 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector visit=Eventuality

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