Exam question 1 · Grandparents abroad and grandparents you never met

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the significance of regular communication between a child and a grandparent resident abroad?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: significance

This is exam question 1 of lesson 513 «Grandparents abroad and grandparents you never met» 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 significance	det
10	significance	significance	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 communication	case
12	regular	regular	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 communication	amod
13	communication	communication	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 significance	nmod
14	between	between	ADP	_	16 child	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 child	det
16	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 communication	nmod
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 resident	cc
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 resident	det
19	grandparent	grandparent	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 resident	compound
20	resident	resident	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 significance	conj
21	abroad	abroad	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the significance of regular communication between a child and a grandparent resident				of the following statements; abroad, accurately property	tree rules

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

It is of no consequence to either party

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	5 consequence	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 consequence	cop
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 consequence	case
4	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 consequence	det
5	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	5 consequence	fixed
7	either	either	CCONJ	_	8 party	cc:preconj
8	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 consequence	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					of no consequence either party	tree rules

Option 2

It is permissible solely upon public holidays

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 permissible	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 permissible	cop
3	permissible	permissible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	solely	solely	ADV	_	3 permissible	advmod
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 holidays	case
6	public	public	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 holidays	amod
7	holidays	holiday	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 permissible	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					upon public holidays; permissible, solely property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It is of great value to the grandparent

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	5 value	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 value	cop
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 value	case
4	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 value	amod
5	value	value	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 grandparent	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 grandparent	det
8	grandparent	grandparent	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 value	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					of great value; to the grandparent	tree rules

Option 4

It is detrimental to the grandparent's wellbeing

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 detrimental	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 detrimental	cop
3	detrimental	detrimental	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	8 wellbeing	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 grandparent	det
6	grandparent	grandparent	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 wellbeing	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 grandparent	case
8	wellbeing	wellbeing	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 detrimental	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					to the grandparent's wellbeing; detrimental property	tree rules

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