Exam question 2 · Living in a children's home

Identify the meaning of the term «orphan» as established in the lesson.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, establish, mean · To what, where: meaning, lesson, term

This is exam question 2 of lesson 520 «Living in a children's home» 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	3 meaning	det
3	meaning	meaning	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 term	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 term	det
6	term	term	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 meaning	nmod
7	«	«	PUNCT	_	8 orphan	punct
8	orphan	orphan	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 term	appos
9	»	»	PUNCT	_	8 orphan	punct
10	as	as	SCONJ	_	11 established	mark
11	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Identify	advcl
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 lesson	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 lesson	det
14	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 established	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the meaning of the term		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent meaning=Theme
2	establish	participle	you not said here		the lesson	vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	mean			the term		nom meaning «communication transitive»: of=patient

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

Any child who resides in a children's home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	2 child	det
2	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 resides	nsubj
4	resides	reside	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 child	acl:relcl
5	in	in	ADP	_	9 home	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 children	det
7	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 home	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 children	case
9	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 resides	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reside	present	any child			a children's home			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in home=Location

Option 2

A child whose parents are employed abroad

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 child	det
2	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 employed	nsubj:pass
3	whose	whose	PRON	Poss=Yes PronType=Rel	4 parents	nmod:poss
4	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 employed	nsubj:pass
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 employed	aux:pass
6	employed	employ	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	abroad	abroad	ADV	_	6 employed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	employ	present · passive		a child				abroad property	vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

A child both of whose parents have died

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 child	det
2	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	5 whose	nsubj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 whose	case
5	whose	whose	PRON	Poss=Yes PronType=Rel	6 parents	nmod:poss
6	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 died	nsubj
7	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 died	aux
8	died	die	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 child	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	die	present · perfect	parents						vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

Option 4

A child who has no brothers or sisters

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 child	det
2	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 has	nsubj
4	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 child	acl:relcl
5	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	6 brothers	det
6	brothers	brother	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 has	obj
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 sisters	cc
8	sisters	sister	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 brothers	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	a child	no brothers or sisters					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brother=Patient

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