Exam question 4 · The parent who left, and a new partner
Given that a new partner seeks to impose rules within the parent's household, ascertain the arrangement established in the lesson.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: new partner · What happens: give, seek, impose, ascertain, establish · To what, where: rules, arrangement, lesson
This is exam question 4 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 | Given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 seeks | mark |
| 2 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 6 seeks | mark |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 partner | det |
| 4 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 partner | amod |
| 5 | partner | partner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 seeks | nsubj |
| 6 | seeks | seek | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 impose | mark |
| 8 | impose | impose | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 seeks | xcomp |
| 9 | rules | rule | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 impose | obj |
| 10 | within | within | ADP | _ | 14 household | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 parent | det |
| 12 | parent | parent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 household | nmod:poss |
| 13 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 12 parent | case |
| 14 | household | household | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 impose | obl |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 ascertain | punct |
| 16 | ascertain | ascertain | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 impose | conj |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 arrangement | det |
| 18 | arrangement | arrangement | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 ascertain | obj |
| 19 | established | establish | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 18 arrangement | acl |
| 20 | in | in | ADP | _ | 22 lesson | case |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 lesson | det |
| 22 | lesson | lesson | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 established | obl |
| 23 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 seeks | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | participle | vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | ||||||
| 2 | seek | present | a new partner | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | impose not said to happen | to-infinitive | a new partner not said here | rules | within the parent's household | vn enforce-63 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Theme | |||
| 4 | ascertain | infinitive | a new partner not said here | the arrangement | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arrangement=Topic | ||||
| 5 | establish | participle | the arrangement not said here | the lesson | 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 · ← Mova's choice
The new partner determines all rules from the first day
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 partner | det |
| 2 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 partner | amod |
| 3 | partner | partner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 determines | nsubj |
| 4 | determines | determine | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 rules | det |
| 6 | rules | rule | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 determines | obj |
| 7 | from | from | ADP | _ | 10 day | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 day | det |
| 9 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 10 day | amod |
| 10 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 determines | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | determine | present | the new partner | all rules | day | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Topic |
Option 2
No rules whatsoever are to be applied in the household
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 2 rules | det |
| 2 | rules | rule | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | whatsoever | whatsoever | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 applied | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 applied | aux:pass |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 applied | mark |
| 6 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 7 applied | aux:pass |
| 7 | applied | apply | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 rules | acl:relcl |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 household | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 household | det |
| 10 | household | household | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 applied | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | apply | present · passive | whatsoever | the household | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in household=Destination |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
The parent determines the principal rules for the present
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 parent | det |
| 2 | parent | parent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 determines | nsubj |
| 3 | determines | determine | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 rules | det |
| 5 | principal | principal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 rules | amod |
| 6 | rules | rule | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 determines | obj |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 present | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 present | det |
| 9 | present | present | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 determines | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | determine | present | the parent | the principal rules | for the present | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Topic |
Option 4
The child determines the rules by majority vote
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 child | det |
| 2 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 determines | nsubj |
| 3 | determines | determine | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 rules | det |
| 5 | rules | rule | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 determines | obj |
| 6 | by | by | ADP | _ | 8 vote | case |
| 7 | majority | majority | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 vote | compound |
| 8 | vote | vote | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 determines | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | determine | present | the child | the rules | by majority vote | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Topic |
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