Exam question 1 · Family parties, aunts and uncles, and the row nobody expla…

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the responsibility of a child in respect of a protracted dispute between adult relatives?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris, protract, respect · To what, where: responsibility, protracted dispute

This is exam question 1 of lesson 511 «Family parties, aunts and uncles, and the row nobody explains» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 responsibility	det
10	responsibility	responsibility	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 child	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 child	det
13	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 responsibility	nmod
14	in	in	ADP	_	15 respect	case
15	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 child	nmod
16	of	of	ADP	_	19 dispute	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 dispute	det
18	protracted	protract	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	19 dispute	amod
19	dispute	dispute	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 respect	nmod
20	between	between	ADP	_	22 relatives	case
21	adult	adult	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 relatives	amod
22	relatives	relative	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 dispute	nmod
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the responsibility of a child in respect of a protracted dispute between adult relatives	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	protract	participle			vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent
4	respect		a protracted dispute between adult relatives		nom respect «cognition 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 · ← Mova's choice

The child must take the side of his or her parent

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 take	nsubj
3	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 take	aux
4	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 side	det
6	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 take	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	11 parent	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 parent	nmod:poss
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 parent	cc
10	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 parent	nmod:poss
11	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 side	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	must	the child	the side of child's parent					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent side=Theme

Option 2

The child must sever contact with the relatives' children

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	5 contact	nsubj
3	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 contact	aux
4	sever	sever	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 contact	amod
5	contact	contact	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	with	with	ADP	_	10 children	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 relatives	det
8	relatives	relative	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 children	nmod:poss
9	'	's	PART	_	8 relatives	case
10	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 contact	nmod

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

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The child bears no obligation to resolve it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 bears	det
2	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bears	compound
3	bears	bear	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 obligation	det
5	obligation	obligation	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bears	conj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 resolve	mark
7	resolve	resolve	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 obligation	acl
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 resolve	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	resolve	to-infinitive		obligation					tree rules

Option 4

The child is obliged to mediate between the parties

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 obliged	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 obliged	aux:pass
4	obliged	oblige	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 mediate	case
6	mediate	mediate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 obliged	obl
7	between	between	ADP	_	9 parties	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 parties	det
9	parties	party	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 obliged	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	oblige	present · passive		the child				to mediate; between the parties	vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

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