Exam question 1 · Parents far away: the army, work abroad, prison

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the position of a child whose parent is imprisoned?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris, imprison · To what, where: position, parent

This is exam question 1 of lesson 519 «Parents far away: the army, work abroad, prison» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 position	det
10	position	position	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 child	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 child	det
13	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 position	nmod
14	whose	whose	PRON	Poss=Yes PronType=Rel	15 parent	nmod:poss
15	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 imprisoned	nsubj:pass
16	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 imprisoned	aux:pass
17	imprisoned	imprison	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 child	acl:relcl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the position of a child	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	imprison	present · passive	parent		vn confine-92 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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

The child bears no fault and the parent remains his or her parent

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 bears	det
2	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bears	compound
3	bears	bear	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 remains	nsubj
4	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 fault	det
5	fault	fault	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 remains	nsubj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 parent	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 parent	det
8	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fault	conj
9	remains	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 parent	nmod:poss
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 parent	cc
12	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 parent	nmod:poss
13	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 remains	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remain	present	the child bears	parent's parent					vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme parent=Attribute

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

The child shares in the parent's guilt in equal measure

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 shares	nsubj
3	shares	share	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	8 guilt	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 parent	det
6	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 guilt	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 parent	case
8	guilt	guilt	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shares	obl
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 measure	case
10	equal	equal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 measure	amod
11	measure	measure	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shares	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	share	present	the child			the parent's guilt		in equal measure	tree rules

Option 3

The child is required to sever all contact with the parent

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	4 required	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 required	aux:pass
4	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 sever	mark
6	sever	sever	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 required	xcomp
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 contact	det
8	contact	contact	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sever	obj
9	with	with	ADP	_	11 parent	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 parent	det
11	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 contact	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present · passive		the child					vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
2	sever	to-infinitive		all contact				with the parent	vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent contact=Theme

Option 4

The child ceases to be regarded as the parent's child

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 ceases	nsubj
3	ceases	cease	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	6 regarded	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 regarded	aux:pass
6	regarded	regard	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 ceases	xcomp
7	as	as	ADP	_	11 child	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 parent	det
9	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 child	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 parent	case
11	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 regarded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cease	present	the child						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
2	regard	to-infinitive · passive	the child not said here					as the parent's child	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.value»: as child=Value

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