Exam question 4 · Parents far away: the army, work abroad, prison
Given that a parent is employed on a fly-in fly-out basis, ascertain the pattern of the parent's presence.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, presence · What happens: give, employ, ascertain, pattern · To what, where: parent, fly basis, pattern
This is exam question 4 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 | Given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 17 ascertain | advcl |
| 2 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 6 employed | mark |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 parent | det |
| 4 | parent | parent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 employed | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 employed | aux:pass |
| 6 | employed | employ | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Given | advcl |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 15 basis | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 basis | det |
| 9 | fly | fly | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 basis | nsubj |
| 10 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 15 basis | punct |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 15 basis | case |
| 12 | fly | fly | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 basis | compound |
| 13 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 14 out | punct |
| 14 | out | out | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 fly | conj |
| 15 | basis | basis | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 employed | obl |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 ascertain | punct |
| 17 | ascertain | ascertain | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 pattern | det |
| 19 | pattern | pattern | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 ascertain | obj |
| 20 | of | of | ADP | _ | 24 presence | case |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 parent | det |
| 22 | parent | parent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 presence | nmod:poss |
| 23 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 22 parent | case |
| 24 | presence | presence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 pattern | nmod |
| 25 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 17 ascertain | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | participle | you not said here | vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 2 | employ | present · passive | a parent | a fly basis | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 3 | ascertain | imperative | you not said here | the pattern of the parent's presence | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pattern=Topic | ||||
| 4 | pattern | the parent's presence | nom pattern «cognition 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 · ← Mova's choice
The parent returns home at the conclusion of every day
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 returns | nsubj |
| 3 | returns | return | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | home | home | ADV | _ | 3 returns | advmod |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 conclusion | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 conclusion | det |
| 7 | conclusion | conclusion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 returns | obl |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 day | case |
| 9 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 10 day | det |
| 10 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 conclusion | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | return | present | the parent | the conclusion of every day | home property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||
| 2 | conclude | every day | nom conclusion «cognition transitive»: of=patient |
Option 2
The parent departs permanently and does not return
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 departs | nsubj |
| 3 | departs | depart | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | permanently | permanently | ADV | _ | 3 departs | advmod |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 return | cc |
| 6 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 return | aux |
| 7 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 return | advmod |
| 8 | return | return | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 departs | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | depart | present | the parent | permanently property | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | not return | present · do-support | the parent not said here | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
The parent is absent solely on Fridays of each week
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 | 4 absent | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 absent | cop |
| 4 | absent | absent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | solely | solely | ADV | _ | 4 absent | advmod |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 Fridays | case |
| 7 | Fridays | Friday | PROPN | Number=Plur | 4 absent | obl |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 week | case |
| 9 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 10 week | det |
| 10 | week | week | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 Fridays | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the parent | friday | absent, solely property | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Periods of several weeks away alternate with periods at home
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Periods | period | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 alternate | nsubj |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 weeks | case |
| 3 | several | several | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 weeks | amod |
| 4 | weeks | week | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Periods | nmod |
| 5 | away | away | ADV | _ | 6 alternate | advmod |
| 6 | alternate | alternate | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 periods | case |
| 8 | periods | period | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 alternate | obl |
| 9 | at | at | ADP | _ | 10 home | case |
| 10 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 alternate | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | alternate | present | Periods of several weeks | home | with periods; away property | vn amalgamate-22.2-2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Patient with period=Co-Patient |
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