Exam question 1 · Mum on her own, Dad on his own

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the fatigue commonly experienced by a parent raising a child alone?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: parent · What happens: follow, characteris, experience, raise · To what, where: fatigue, child

This is exam question 1 of lesson 515 «Mum on her own, Dad on his own» 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 fatigue	det
10	fatigue	fatigue	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	commonly	commonly	ADV	_	12 experienced	advmod
12	experienced	experience	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 fatigue	acl
13	by	by	ADP	_	15 parent	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 parent	det
15	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 experienced	obl
16	raising	raise	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	15 parent	acl
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 child	det
18	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 raising	obj
19	alone	alone	ADV	_	16 raising	advmod
20	?	?	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 fatigue	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	experience	participle		the fatigue not said here	by a parent; commonly property	vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer
4	raise	gerund	a parent not said here	a child	alone property	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Theme

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 right answer

It arises from discharging the duties of two persons

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 arises	nsubj
2	arises	arise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	from	from	SCONJ	_	4 discharging	mark
4	discharging	discharge	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 arises	advcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 duties	det
6	duties	duty	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 discharging	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 persons	case
8	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 persons	nummod
9	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 duties	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	arise	present	It						vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	discharge	gerund		the duties of two persons					vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent duty=Theme

Option 2

It arises from the child being excessively burdensome

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 arises	nsubj
2	arises	arise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	5 child	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 child	det
5	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 burdensome	obl
6	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 burdensome	cop
7	excessively	excessively	ADV	_	8 burdensome	advmod
8	burdensome	burdensome	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 arises	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	arise	present	It						vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	gerund						from the child; burdensome, excessively property	tree rules

Option 3

It is a consequence of excessive leisure

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	4 consequence	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 consequence	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 consequence	det
4	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 leisure	case
6	excessive	excessive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 leisure	amod
7	leisure	leisure	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 consequence	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a consequence				of excessive leisure	tree rules

Option 4

It is invariably a sign of indolence

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 sign	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 sign	cop
3	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	5 sign	advmod
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 sign	det
5	sign	sign	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 indolence	case
7	indolence	indolence	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sign	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a sign				of indolence; invariably property	tree rules

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