Exam question 1 · The granny who spoils you and the strict grandad

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the tendency of grandparents to indulge their grandchildren?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: grandparents · What happens: follow, characteris, indulge, tend · To what, where: tendency, grandchildren

This is exam question 1 of lesson 512 «The granny who spoils you and the strict grandad» 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 tendency	det
10	tendency	tendency	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 grandparents	case
12	grandparents	grandparent	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 tendency	nmod
13	to	to	PART	_	14 indulge	mark
14	indulge	indulge	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 tendency	acl
15	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 grandchildren	nmod:poss
16	grandchildren	grandchild	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 indulge	obj
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the tendency of grandparents	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	indulge	to-infinitive		grandparents's grandchildren		tree rules
4	tend		grandparents			nom tendency «cognition intransitive»: of=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 · ✓ the right answer

It commonly arises from greater leisure and fewer rules

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 arises	nsubj
2	commonly	commonly	ADV	_	3 arises	advmod
3	arises	arise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 leisure	case
5	greater	great	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 leisure	amod
6	leisure	leisure	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 arises	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 rules	cc
8	fewer	few	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	9 rules	amod
9	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 leisure	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	arise	present	It			greater leisure and fewer rules		commonly property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

It indicates an absence of affection for the parents

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	2 indicates	nsubj
2	indicates	indicate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 absence	det
4	absence	absence	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 indicates	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 affection	case
6	affection	affection	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 absence	nmod
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 parents	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 parents	det
9	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 affection	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	indicate	present	It	a absence of affection for the parents					vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot absence=Topic
2	absent			affection for the parents					nom absence «state transitive»: of=patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

It is required of grandparents by statute

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 required	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 required	aux:pass
3	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 grandparents	case
5	grandparents	grandparent	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 required	obl:agent
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 statute	case
7	statute	statute	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 required	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present · passive	grandparents	It				by statute	vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme subject=Precondition

Option 4

It is attributable to a wish to embarrass the parents

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 attributable	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 attributable	cop
3	attributable	attributable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 wish	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 wish	det
6	wish	wish	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 attributable	obl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 embarrass	mark
8	embarrass	embarrass	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 attributable	advcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 parents	det
10	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 embarrass	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					to a wish; attributable property	tree rules
2	embarrass	to-infinitive		the parents					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus parent=Experiencer

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