Exam question 4 · Friends who get it

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the definition of a family.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, define · To what, where: response, definition, family

This is exam question 4 of lesson 525 «Friends who get it» 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 definition	det
11	definition	definition	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 family	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 family	det
14	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 definition	nmod
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the definition of a family		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus definition=Experiencer
4	define			a family		nom definition «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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The persons who care for and love the child, in whatever form

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 persons	det
2	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 love	nsubj
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 care	nsubj
4	care	care	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 persons	acl:relcl
5	for	for	ADP	_	4 care	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 care	cc
7	love	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 child	det
9	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 love	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 whatever	punct
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 whatever	case
12	whatever	whatever	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 love	obj
13	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 whatever	nsubj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	care	present	the persons						vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	love	present	the persons	the child					tree rules

Option 2

Exclusively a mother and a father residing together in one house

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	3 mother	advmod
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 mother	det
3	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 father	cc
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 father	det
6	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 mother	conj
7	residing	reside	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 father	acl
8	together	together	ADV	_	7 residing	advmod
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 house	case
10	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 house	nummod
11	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 residing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reside	gerund	a father not said here			one house		together property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in house=Location

Option 3

Exclusively persons related by birth and never by any court order

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	2 persons	advmod
2	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	related	relate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 persons	acl
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 birth	case
5	birth	birth	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 related	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 order	cc
7	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	11 order	advmod
8	by	by	ADP	_	11 order	case
9	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	11 order	det
10	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 order	compound
11	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 persons	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	relate	participle		persons and any court order not said here				by birth	vn relate-86.2-2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Exclusively persons sharing a common surname and place of birth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	3 sharing	advmod
2	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 sharing	nsubj
3	sharing	share	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 surname	det
5	common	common	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 surname	amod
6	surname	surname	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sharing	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 place	cc
8	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 surname	conj
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 birth	case
10	birth	birth	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 place	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	share	gerund	persons	a common surname and place of birth				exclusively property	tree rules

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