Exam question 3 · Half- and step-siblings

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the formation of relations between step-siblings.

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

This is exam question 3 of lesson 505 «Half- and step-siblings» 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 formation	det
11	formation	formation	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 relations	case
13	relations	relation	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 formation	nmod
14	between	between	ADP	_	17 siblings	case
15	step	step	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 siblings	compound
16	-	-	PUNCT	_	15 step	punct
17	siblings	sibling	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 relations	nmod
18	.	.	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 formation of relations between step siblings		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus formation=Experiencer

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

Such relations require time and are assisted by a common interest

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 relations	amod
2	relations	relation	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 require	nsubj
3	require	require	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 require	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 assisted	cc
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 assisted	aux:pass
7	assisted	assist	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 require	conj
8	by	by	ADP	_	11 interest	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 interest	det
10	common	common	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 interest	amod
11	interest	interest	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 assisted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present	Such relations				time		vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Theme
2	assist	present · passive	a common interest						vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Such relations may be formed only where the children share a room

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 relations	amod
2	relations	relation	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 formed	nsubj:pass
3	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 formed	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 formed	aux:pass
5	formed	form	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	only	only	ADV	_	10 share	advmod
7	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	10 share	advmod
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 children	det
9	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 share	nsubj
10	share	share	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 formed	advcl
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 room	det
12	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 share	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	form	may · passive		Such relations					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme
2	share	present	the children	a room					tree rules

Option 3

Such relations are fixed upon the first meeting and cannot alter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 relations	amod
2	relations	relation	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 fixed	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 fixed	aux:pass
4	fixed	fix	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	8 meeting	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 meeting	det
7	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	8 meeting	amod
8	meeting	meeting	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fixed	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 alter	cc
10	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 alter	aux
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 alter	advmod
12	alter	alter	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 fixed	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fix	present · passive		Such relations				upon the first meeting	vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: subject=Patient
2	not alter	can							vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 4

Such relations are invariably hostile, as related in fairy tales

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 relations	amod
2	relations	relation	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 hostile	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 hostile	cop
4	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	5 hostile	advmod
5	hostile	hostile	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 related	punct
7	as	as	ADP	_	8 related	case
8	related	related	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 hostile	conj
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 tales	case
10	fairy	fairy	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 tales	compound
11	tales	tale	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 related	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Such relations					hostile, invariably property	tree rules
2	be		Such relations not said here			fairy tales			tree rules

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