Exam question 2 · Divorce and two homes

Given that a child resides in two households, identify the measure most likely to prevent belongings being left at the other residence.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: child, you · What happens: give, reside, identify, prevent, leave · To what, where: two households, measure, belongings, other residence

This is exam question 2 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	Given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 resides	mark
2	that	that	SCONJ	_	5 resides	mark
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 child	det
4	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 resides	nsubj
5	resides	reside	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 identify	advcl
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 households	case
7	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 households	nummod
8	households	household	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 resides	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 identify	punct
10	identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 measure	det
12	measure	measure	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 identify	obj
13	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	14 likely	advmod
14	likely	likely	ADV	_	10 identify	advmod
15	to	to	PART	_	16 prevent	mark
16	prevent	prevent	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 identify	advcl
17	belongings	belonging	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 prevent	obj
18	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	19 left	aux:pass
19	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	17 belongings	acl
20	at	at	ADP	_	23 residence	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 residence	det
22	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 residence	amod
23	residence	residence	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 left	obl
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	give	participle					vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	reside	present	a child		two households		vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in household=Location
3	identify	imperative	you not said here	the measure		likely property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent measure=Theme
4	prevent	to-infinitive	you not said here	belongings			vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer belonging=Theme
5	leave	gerund · passive		belongings not said here	the other residence		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: at residence=Location

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 duplication of every possession at both residences

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 duplication	det
2	duplication	duplication	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 possession	case
4	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	5 possession	det
5	possession	possession	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 duplication	nmod
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 residences	case
7	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	8 residences	det
8	residences	residence	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 duplication	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

A checklist and a bag that accompanies the child between homes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 checklist	det
2	checklist	checklist	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 bag	cc
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 bag	det
5	bag	bag	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 checklist	conj
6	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 accompanies	nsubj
7	accompanies	accompany	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 checklist	acl:relcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 child	det
9	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 accompanies	obj
10	between	between	ADP	_	11 homes	case
11	homes	home	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 child	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	accompany	present	a checklist and a bag	the child		homes			vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent child=Theme between home=Destination

Option 3

The cancellation of activities requiring equipment

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cancellation	det
2	cancellation	cancellation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 activities	case
4	activities	activity	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 cancellation	nmod
5	requiring	require	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 cancellation	acl
6	equipment	equipment	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 requiring	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	gerund	the cancellation of activities not said here	equipment					vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme equipment=Precondition
2	cancel			activities					nom cancellation «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

The permanent removal of the child to a single home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 removal	det
2	permanent	permanent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 removal	amod
3	removal	removal	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 child	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 child	det
6	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 removal	nmod
7	to	to	ADP	_	10 home	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 home	det
9	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 home	amod
10	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 removal	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remove			the child				to a single home	nom removal «act transitive»: of=patient to=obl

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