Exam question 3 · Cousins: like a sister, posh, or far away

Ascertain the most probable explanation, as stated in the lesson, where a child is persistently excluded from the gatherings of her cousins.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: ascertain, state, exclude · To what, where: probable explanation, lesson, child, gatherings

This is exam question 3 of lesson 510 «Cousins: like a sister, posh, or far away» 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 explanation	det
3	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	4 probable	advmod
4	probable	probable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 explanation	amod
5	explanation	explanation	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 stated	punct
7	as	as	SCONJ	_	8 stated	mark
8	stated	state	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Ascertain	advcl
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 lesson	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 lesson	det
11	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 stated	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 excluded	punct
13	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	18 excluded	advmod
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 child	det
15	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 excluded	nsubj:pass
16	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 excluded	aux:pass
17	persistently	persistently	ADV	_	18 excluded	advmod
18	excluded	exclude	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 lesson	acl
19	from	from	ADP	_	21 gatherings	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 gatherings	det
21	gatherings	gathering	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 excluded	obl
22	of	of	ADP	_	24 cousins	case
23	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	24 cousins	nmod:poss
24	cousins	cousin	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 gatherings	nmod
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the probable explanation			vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent explanation=Topic
2	state speech: other	participle	you not said here		the lesson		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	exclude	present · passive		a child	the gatherings of child's cousins	persistently property	vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Beneficiary from gathering=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.

The options

Option 1

Accidental omission on each occasion

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Accidental	accidental	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 omission	amod
2	omission	omission	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 occasion	case
4	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	5 occasion	det
5	occasion	occasion	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 omission	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

A dispute between adults

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 dispute	det
2	dispute	dispute	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	between	between	ADP	_	4 adults	case
4	adults	adult	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 dispute	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

The absence of any family relationship

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 absence	det
2	absence	absence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 relationship	case
4	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	6 relationship	det
5	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 relationship	compound
6	relationship	relationship	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 absence	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	absent			any family relationship					nom absence «state transitive»: of=patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

A grave fault of the child

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 fault	det
2	grave	grave	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 fault	amod
3	fault	fault	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 child	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 child	det
6	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fault	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fault			the child					nom fault «act transitive»: of=patient

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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