Exam question 3 · Siblings as best mates and as rivals

Ascertain the most probable consequence of the repeated comparison of one child with a high-achieving sibling.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: ascertain, repeat, achieve, compare · To what, where: probable consequence, one child

This is exam question 3 of lesson 507 «Siblings as best mates and as rivals» 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 consequence	det
3	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	4 probable	advmod
4	probable	probable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 consequence	amod
5	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 comparison	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 comparison	det
8	repeated	repeat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 comparison	amod
9	comparison	comparison	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 consequence	nmod
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 child	case
11	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 child	nummod
12	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 comparison	nmod
13	with	with	ADP	_	18 sibling	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 sibling	det
15	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 achieving	amod
16	-	-	PUNCT	_	15 high	punct
17	achieving	achieve	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	18 sibling	amod
18	sibling	sibling	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 child	nmod
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the probable consequence of the repeated comparison of one child with a achieving sibling	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent consequence=Topic
2	repeat	participle			vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
3	achieve	gerund			vn complete-55.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
4	compare			one child with a achieving sibling	nom comparison «act 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

The siblings' affection for one another invariably increases

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 siblings	det
2	siblings	sibling	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 affection	nmod:poss
3	'	's	PART	_	2 siblings	case
4	affection	affection	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 increases	nsubj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 one	case
6	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 affection	appos
7	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	6 one	fixed
8	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	9 increases	advmod
9	increases	increase	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	increase	present	the siblings's affection					invariably property	vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

Option 2

No consequence whatsoever arises from such comparison

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	2 consequence	det
2	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 arises	nsubj
3	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	4 arises	advmod
4	arises	arise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 comparison	case
6	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 comparison	amod
7	comparison	comparison	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 arises	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	arise	present	no consequence			such comparison		whatsoever property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

The child's achievement immediately exceeds the sibling's

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 child	det
2	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 achievement	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 child	case
4	achievement	achievement	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 exceeds	nsubj
5	immediately	immediately	ADV	_	6 exceeds	advmod
6	exceeds	exceed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sibling	det
8	sibling	sibling	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 exceeds	obj
9	's	's	PART	_	8 sibling	case

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	exceed	present	the child's achievement	the sibling				immediately property	vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot sibling=Theme
2	achieve		the child						nom achievement «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The child feels diminished and discouraged

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 child	det
2	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 feels	nsubj
3	feels	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	diminished	diminish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 feels	xcomp
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 discouraged	cc
6	discouraged	discourage	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 diminished	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	feel	present	the child	vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	diminish	participle	the child not said here	vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
3	discourage	participle	the child not said here	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

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