Exam question 4 · Siblings as best mates and as rivals

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the division of labour between siblings collaborating upon a project.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts, siblings · What happens: select, establish, concern, collaborate · To what, where: response, division

This is exam question 4 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	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 division	det
11	division	division	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 labour	case
13	labour	labour	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 division	nmod
14	between	between	ADP	_	15 siblings	case
15	siblings	sibling	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 labour	nmod
16	collaborating	collaborate	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	15 siblings	acl
17	upon	upon	ADP	_	19 project	case
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 project	det
19	project	project	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 collaborating	obl
20	.	.	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 division of labour between siblings		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus division=Experiencer
4	collaborate	gerund	siblings not said here		upon a project	vn conspire-71 «NP V»: agent=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

Disagreement proves the project ought to be abandoned

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Disagreement	disagreement	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 proves	nsubj
2	proves	prove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 project	det
4	project	project	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 abandoned	nsubj:pass
5	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 abandoned	aux
6	to	to	PART	_	8 abandoned	mark
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 abandoned	aux:pass
8	abandoned	abandon	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 proves	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prove	present	Disagreement						vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	abandon	ought · passive		the project					vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial_location»: subject=Source

Option 2

Collaboration between siblings must inevitably fail

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Collaboration	collaboration	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 fail	nsubj
2	between	between	ADP	_	3 siblings	case
3	siblings	sibling	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Collaboration	nmod
4	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 fail	aux
5	inevitably	inevitably	ADV	_	6 fail	advmod
6	fail	fail	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fail	must	Collaboration between siblings					inevitably property	vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Fair division of tasks can render rivals a team

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 division	amod
2	division	division	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 render	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 tasks	case
4	tasks	task	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 division	nmod
5	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 render	aux
6	render	render	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	rivals	rival	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 render	obj
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 team	det
9	team	team	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 render	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	render	can	Fair division of tasks	rivals					vn give-13.1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent rival=Recipient team=Theme

Option 4

Only one sibling ought ever to perform every task

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 one	advmod
2	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 sibling	nummod
3	sibling	sibling	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 perform	nsubj
4	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 perform	aux
5	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	7 perform	advmod
6	to	to	PART	_	7 perform	mark
7	perform	perform	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	9 task	det
9	task	task	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 perform	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	perform	ought	one sibling	every task			ever		vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent task=Theme

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