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Exam question 4 · Half- and step-siblings

It is given that a child, upon visiting a parent's household, feels himself a mere guest. Ascertain the remedy proposed in the lesson.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: give, visit, feel, ascertain, propose · To what, where: It, household, parent, remedy, lesson

This is exam question 4 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

Sentence 1: It is given that a child, upon visiting a parent's household, feels himself a mere guest.

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	_	6 child	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 child	det
6	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 given	xcomp
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 visiting	punct
8	upon	upon	SCONJ	_	9 visiting	mark
9	visiting	visit	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 given	advcl
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 parent	det
11	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 household	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 parent	case
13	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 visiting	obj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 feels	punct
15	feels	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 visiting	conj
16	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	15 feels	obj
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 guest	det
18	mere	mere	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 guest	compound
19	guest	guest	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 feels	obj
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present · passive		It					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	visit	gerund		a parent's household					vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent household=Co-Agent
3	feel	present		parent					vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent himself=Theme guest=Eventuality

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: Ascertain the remedy proposed in the lesson.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 remedy	det
3	remedy	remedy	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	proposed	propose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 remedy	acl
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 lesson	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 lesson	det
7	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 proposed	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the remedy					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent remedy=Topic
2	propose	participle		the remedy not said here		the lesson			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1

To conceal the feeling from all members of the household

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 conceal	mark
2	conceal	conceal	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 feeling	det
4	feeling	feeling	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 conceal	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 members	case
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 members	det
7	members	member	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 conceal	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 household	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 household	det
10	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 members	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conceal	to-infinitive		the feeling		all members of the household			vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent feeling=Patient from member=Beneficiary

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

To inform the parent, a space of one's own being of assistance

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 inform	mark
2	inform	inform	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 parent	det
4	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 assistance	nsubj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 space	punct
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 space	det
7	space	space	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 parent	conj
8	of	of	ADP	_	11 own	case
9	one	one	PRON	Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 own	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 one	case
11	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 space	nmod
12	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	14 assistance	cop
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 assistance	case
14	assistance	assistance	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 inform	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	inform speech: other	to-infinitive							vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent
2	is	gerund	the parent and a space of one's own					of assistance	tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

To discontinue all visits to the said household

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 discontinue	mark
2	discontinue	discontinue	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 visits	det
4	visits	visit	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 discontinue	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	8 household	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 household	det
7	said	say	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 household	amod
8	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 discontinue	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	discontinue	to-infinitive		all visits				to the said household	vn stop-55.4 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector visit=Eventuality
2	say speech: assert	participle							vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 4

To occupy the room of the resident child forthwith

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 occupy	mark
2	occupy	occupy	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 room	det
4	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 occupy	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 child	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 child	det
7	resident	resident	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 child	compound
8	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 room	nmod
9	forthwith	forthwith	ADV	_	2 occupy	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	occupy	to-infinitive		the room of the resident child				forthwith property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus room=Experiencer

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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