Exam question 4 · Adoption

Given that an adopted child expresses curiosity concerning the birth family, ascertain the correct interpretation.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: adopted child, curiosity, you · What happens: give, adopt, express, concern, ascertain · To what, where: curiosity, birth family, correct interpretation

This is exam question 4 of lesson 522 «Adoption» 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 expresses	mark
2	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 expresses	mark
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 child	det
4	adopted	adopt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 child	amod
5	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 expresses	nsubj
6	expresses	express	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 ascertain	advcl
7	curiosity	curiosity	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 expresses	obj
8	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 curiosity	acl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 family	det
10	birth	birth	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 family	compound
11	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 concerning	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 ascertain	punct
13	ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 interpretation	det
15	correct	correct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 interpretation	amod
16	interpretation	interpretation	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 ascertain	obj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	13 ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	give	participle			vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	adopt	participle			vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	express	present	a adopted child	curiosity	vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent curiosity=Theme
4	concern	gerund	curiosity not said here	the birth family	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus family=Experiencer
5	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the correct interpretation	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent interpretation=Topic

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

Such curiosity is forbidden by law until the child attains the age of thirty

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 curiosity	amod
2	curiosity	curiosity	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 forbidden	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 forbidden	aux:pass
4	forbidden	forbid	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 law	case
6	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 forbidden	obl
7	until	until	SCONJ	_	10 attains	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 child	det
9	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 attains	nsubj
10	attains	attain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 forbidden	advcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 age	det
12	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 attains	obj
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 thirty	case
14	thirty	thirty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 age	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forbid	present · passive	law	Such curiosity					vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer subject=Theme
2	attain	present	the child	the age of thirty					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent age=Theme

Option 2

Such curiosity indicates that the adoption must now be reversed by a court

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 curiosity	amod
2	curiosity	curiosity	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 indicates	nsubj
3	indicates	indicate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 reversed	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 adoption	det
6	adoption	adoption	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 reversed	nsubj:pass
7	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 reversed	aux
8	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 reversed	advmod
9	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 reversed	aux:pass
10	reversed	reverse	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 indicates	ccomp
11	by	by	ADP	_	13 court	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 court	det
13	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 reversed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	indicate	present	Such curiosity						vn indicate-78-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot clause=Topic
2	reverse	must · passive	a court	the adoption			now		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent subject=Patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Such curiosity indicates that the child no longer loves the adoptive family

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 curiosity	amod
2	curiosity	curiosity	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 indicates	nsubj
3	indicates	indicate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 loves	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 child	det
6	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 loves	nsubj
7	no	no	ADV	_	8 longer	advmod
8	longer	long	ADV	Degree=Cmp	9 loves	advmod
9	loves	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 indicates	advcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 family	det
11	adoptive	adoptive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 family	amod
12	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 loves	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	indicate	present	Such curiosity						vn indicate-78-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot
2	love	present	the child	the adoptive family				long property	vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer family=Stimulus

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Such curiosity is normal and does not diminish love for the adoptive family

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 curiosity	amod
2	curiosity	curiosity	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 normal	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 normal	cop
4	normal	normal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 diminish	cc
6	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 diminish	aux
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 diminish	advmod
8	diminish	diminish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 normal	conj
9	love	love	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 diminish	obj
10	for	for	ADP	_	13 family	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 family	det
12	adoptive	adoptive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 family	amod
13	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 diminish	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Such curiosity					normal property	tree rules
2	not diminish	present · do-support	Such curiosity not said here	love				for the adoptive family	vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Causer love=Patient

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