Exam question 1 · Divorce and two homes

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the cause of a parental divorce?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris, cause · To what, where: cause, parental divorce

This is exam question 1 of lesson 516 «Divorce and two homes» 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 cause	det
10	cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	14 divorce	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 divorce	det
13	parental	parental	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 divorce	amod
14	divorce	divorce	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 cause	nmod
15	?	?	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 cause of a parental divorce	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	cause		a parental divorce		nom cause «event 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

It is ordinarily attributable to the conduct of the eldest child

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 attributable	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 attributable	cop
3	ordinarily	ordinarily	ADV	_	4 attributable	advmod
4	attributable	attributable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 conduct	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 conduct	det
7	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 attributable	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	11 child	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 child	det
10	eldest	eld	ADJ	Degree=Sup	11 child	amod
11	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 conduct	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					to the conduct of the eldest child; attributable, ordinarily property	tree rules
2	conduct			the eldest child					nom conduct «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It arises from adult reasons and is never attributable to the child

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 reasons	case
4	adult	adult	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 reasons	amod
5	reasons	reason	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 arises	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 attributable	cc
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 attributable	cop
8	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	9 attributable	advmod
9	attributable	attributable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 arises	conj
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 child	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 child	det
12	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 attributable	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	arise	present	It			adult reasons			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	not is	present						to the child; attributable property	tree rules

Option 3

It is determined by the court to be the fault of a child

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 determined	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 determined	aux:pass
3	determined	determine	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 court	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 court	det
6	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 determined	obl
7	to	to	PART	_	10 fault	mark
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 fault	cop
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 fault	det
10	fault	fault	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 determined	ccomp
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 fault	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	determine	present · passive	the court	It					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Topic
2	is a	to-infinitive	the court not said here	the fault				of a child	tree rules

Option 4

It follows from disputes concerning a child's bedtime

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 follows	nsubj
2	follows	follow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	4 disputes	case
4	disputes	dispute	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 follows	obl
5	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 disputes	acl
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 child	det
7	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 bedtime	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 child	case
9	bedtime	bedtime	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 concerning	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	present	It			disputes			vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent from dispute=Trajectory
2	concern	gerund	disputes not said here	a child's bedtime					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus bedtime=Experiencer

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