Exam question 4 · Divorce and two homes

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning a parent's new partner.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, new partner

This is exam question 4 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 parent	det
11	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 partner	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 parent	case
13	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 partner	amod
14	partner	partner	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	a parent's new partner		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus partner=Experiencer

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

He or she assumes all parental authority upon arrival

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 assumes	nsubj
2	or	or	CCONJ	_	4 assumes	cc
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 assumes	nsubj
4	assumes	assume	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 authority	det
6	parental	parental	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 authority	amod
7	authority	authority	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 assumes	obj
8	upon	upon	ADP	_	9 arrival	case
9	arrival	arrival	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 assumes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	assume	present	He	all parental authority				upon arrival	vn adopt-93.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent authority=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He or she does not replace the parent, and acceptance takes time

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 replace	nsubj
2	or	or	CCONJ	_	3 she	cc
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 He	conj
4	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 replace	aux
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 replace	advmod
6	replace	replace	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 parent	det
8	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 replace	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 takes	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 takes	cc
11	acceptance	acceptance	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 takes	nsubj
12	takes	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 replace	conj
13	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 takes	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not replace	present · do-support	He	the parent					vn substitute-13.6.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme parent=Co-Theme
2	take	present	acceptance				time		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

He or she must not be addressed by the child at all, in any circumstances

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 addressed	nsubj:pass
2	or	or	CCONJ	_	3 she	cc
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 He	conj
4	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 addressed	aux
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 addressed	advmod
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 addressed	aux:pass
7	addressed	address	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 child	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 child	det
10	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 addressed	obl
11	at	at	ADP	_	12 all	case
12	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	10 child	nmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 circumstances	punct
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 circumstances	case
15	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	16 circumstances	det
16	circumstances	circumstance	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 addressed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not address	must · passive	the child at all	He		any circumstances			vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Destination

Option 4

He or she must be addressed as a parent from the first day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 addressed	nsubj
2	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 addressed	cc
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 addressed	nsubj:pass
4	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 addressed	aux
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 addressed	aux:pass
6	addressed	address	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	as	as	ADP	_	9 parent	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 parent	det
9	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 addressed	obl
10	from	from	ADP	_	13 day	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 day	det
12	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	13 day	amod
13	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 addressed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	address	must · passive		He			day	as a parent	vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Destination

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