Exam question 2 · Mum on her own, Dad on his own

Identify the most appropriate conduct of a child who believes that a lone parent is struggling severely.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, child, lone parent · What happens: identify, believe, struggle, conduct · To what, where: appropriate conduct, child · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 2 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 conduct	det
3	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	4 appropriate	advmod
4	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 conduct	amod
5	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 child	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 child	det
8	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 conduct	nmod
9	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 believes	nsubj
10	believes	believe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 child	acl:relcl
11	that	that	SCONJ	_	16 struggling	mark
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 parent	det
13	lone	lone	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 parent	amod
14	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 struggling	nsubj
15	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 struggling	aux
16	struggling	struggle	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 believes	ccomp
17	severely	severely	ADV	_	16 struggling	advmod
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the appropriate conduct of a child		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent conduct=Theme
2	believe	present	a child			vn admire-31.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	struggle	present · progressive	a lone parent		severely property	vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	conduct			a child		nom conduct «act 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

To conceal the matter from every other adult

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 conceal	mark
2	conceal	conceal	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 matter	det
4	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 conceal	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	8 adult	case
6	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	8 adult	det
7	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 adult	amod
8	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 conceal	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conceal	to-infinitive		the matter				from every other adult	vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent matter=Patient from adult=Beneficiary

Option 2

To assume sole responsibility for the household bills

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 assume	mark
2	assume	assume	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	sole	sole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 responsibility	amod
4	responsibility	responsibility	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 assume	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	8 bills	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 bills	det
7	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 bills	compound
8	bills	bill	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 assume	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	assume	to-infinitive		sole responsibility				for the household bills	vn adopt-93.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent responsibility=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

To assist with small tasks and inform a trusted adult

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 assist	mark
2	assist	assist	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	with	with	ADP	_	5 tasks	case
4	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 tasks	amod
5	tasks	task	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 assist	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 inform	cc
7	inform	inform	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 assist	conj
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 adult	det
9	trusted	trust	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 adult	amod
10	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 inform	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	to whom	other	roles by
1	assist	to-infinitive		with small tasks	vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with task=Theme
2	inform speech: other	present	a trusted adult		vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient
3	trust	participle			vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 4

To demand additional pocket money from the parent

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 demand	mark
2	demand	demand	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	additional	additional	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 money	amod
4	pocket	pocket	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 money	compound
5	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 demand	obj
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 parent	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 parent	det
8	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 demand	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	demand speech: request	to-infinitive		additional pocket money				from the parent	vn require-103-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Theme money=Precondition from parent=Source

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