Exam question 2 · The parent who left, and a new partner

Identify the principal reason a child may cease to anticipate the return of a parent who repeatedly departs.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, child, parent · What happens: identify, cease, anticipate, depart, return · To what, where: principal reason, return

This is exam question 2 of lesson 517 «The parent who left, and a new partner» 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	4 reason	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reason	amod
4	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 child	det
6	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 cease	nsubj
7	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 cease	aux
8	cease	cease	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 reason	acl:relcl
9	to	to	PART	_	10 anticipate	mark
10	anticipate	anticipate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 cease	xcomp
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 return	det
12	return	return	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 anticipate	obj
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 parent	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 parent	det
15	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 return	nmod
16	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	18 departs	nsubj
17	repeatedly	repeatedly	ADV	_	18 departs	advmod
18	departs	depart	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 parent	acl:relcl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal reason		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	cease	may	a child	the principal reason not said here		tree rules
3	anticipate	to-infinitive	a child not said here	the return of a parent		vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent return=Theme
4	depart	present	a parent		repeatedly property	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	return		a parent			nom return «communication intransitive»: of=agent

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 right answer

To protect himself from repeated disappointment

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 protect	mark
2	protect	protect	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	2 protect	obj
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 disappointment	case
5	repeated	repeat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 disappointment	amod
6	disappointment	disappointment	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 protect	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	protect	to-infinitive		himself = he				from repeated disappointment	vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent himself=Beneficiary from disappointment=Theme
2	repeat	participle							vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Because the parent has instructed the child to do so

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	5 instructed	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 parent	det
3	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 instructed	nsubj:pass
4	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 instructed	aux
5	instructed	instruct	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 child	det
7	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 instructed	obj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 do	mark
9	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 child	acl
10	so	so	ADV	_	9 do	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	instruct speech: other	present · perfect · passive		the parent					tree rules
2	do	to-infinitive							vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Because the child has wholly forgotten the parent

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	6 forgotten	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 child	det
3	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 forgotten	nsubj
4	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 forgotten	aux
5	wholly	wholly	ADV	_	6 forgotten	advmod
6	forgotten	forget	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 parent	det
8	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 forgotten	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forget	present · perfect	the child	the parent				wholly property	tree rules

Option 4

Because the child no longer wishes to receive takeaways

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	ADP	ExtPos=ADP	3 child	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 child	det
3	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wishes	obl
4	no	no	ADV	_	5 longer	advmod
5	longer	long	ADV	Degree=Cmp	6 wishes	advmod
6	wishes	wish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	8 receive	mark
8	receive	receive	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 wishes	ccomp
9	takeaways	takeaway	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 receive	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wish	present						because the child; long property	vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	receive not said to happen	to-infinitive		takeaways					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent takeaway=Theme

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