Exam question 3 · The parent who left, and a new partner

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

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

This is exam question 3 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	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	10 affection	amod
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	concerning	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 affection	amod
10	affection	affection	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
11	for	for	ADP	_	16 partner	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 parent	det
13	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 partner	nmod:poss
14	's	's	PART	_	13 parent	case
15	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 partner	amod
16	partner	partner	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response				for a parent's new partner	tree rules
2	establish	participle							vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot

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

It does not diminish, nor betray, the love owed to the other parent

The tree, 13 words

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 diminish	nsubj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 diminish	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 diminish	advmod
4	diminish	diminish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 betray	punct
6	nor	nor	CCONJ	Polarity=Neg	7 betray	cc
7	betray	betray	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 diminish	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 love	punct
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 love	det
10	love	love	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 diminish	parataxis
11	owed	owe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 love	acl
12	to	to	ADP	_	15 parent	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 parent	det
14	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 parent	amod
15	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 owed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	not diminish	present · do-support	It			vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
2	betray	infinitive				tree rules
3	owe	participle		the love not said here	the other parent	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to parent=Goal

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

It necessarily replaces the love formerly felt for the other parent

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 replaces	nsubj
2	necessarily	necessarily	ADV	_	3 replaces	advmod
3	replaces	replace	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 love	det
5	love	love	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 felt	nsubj
6	formerly	formerly	ADV	_	7 felt	advmod
7	felt	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 replaces	ccomp
8	for	for	ADP	_	11 parent	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 parent	det
10	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 parent	amod
11	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 felt	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	replace	present	It					necessarily property	tree rules
2	feel	past	the love					for the other parent; formerly property	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent for parent=Theme

Option 3

It is permissible only after the elapse of one complete year

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 permissible	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 permissible	cop
3	permissible	permissible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	only	only	ADV	_	7 elapse	advmod
5	after	after	ADP	_	7 elapse	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 elapse	det
7	elapse	elapse	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 permissible	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	11 year	case
9	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 year	nummod
10	complete	complete	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 year	amod
11	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 elapse	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It				after the elapse of one complete year	permissible property	tree rules

Option 4

It must be concealed from all members of the family indefinitely

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 concealed	nsubj:pass
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 concealed	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 concealed	aux:pass
4	concealed	conceal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 members	case
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 members	det
7	members	member	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 concealed	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 family	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 family	det
10	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 members	nmod
11	indefinitely	indefinitely	ADV	_	4 concealed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conceal	must · passive		It		all members of the family		indefinitely property	vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Patient from member=Beneficiary

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