Exam question 2 · Frustration, loneliness, guilt and living with siblings

Identify the circumstances in which a child ought to inform an adult about the conduct of a sibling.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, child · What happens: identify, inform, conduct · To what, where: circumstances, adult, sibling

This is exam question 2 of lesson 94 «Frustration, loneliness, guilt and living with siblings» 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 circumstances	det
3	circumstances	circumstance	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Identify	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 inform	obl
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 child	det
7	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 inform	nsubj
8	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 inform	aux
9	to	to	PART	_	10 inform	mark
10	inform	inform	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 circumstances	acl:relcl
11	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 adult	det
12	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 inform	obj
13	about	about	ADP	_	15 conduct	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 conduct	det
15	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 inform	obl
16	of	of	ADP	_	18 sibling	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 sibling	det
18	sibling	sibling	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 conduct	nmod
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the circumstances				vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent circumstance=Theme
2	inform speech: other	ought	a child	the circumstances not said here	a adult	the circumstances	about the conduct of a sibling	vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient
3	conduct			a sibling				nom conduct «act 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

Only when the sibling has refused to share a toy or a game

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	6 refused	advmod
2	when	when	SCONJ	_	6 refused	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 sibling	det
4	sibling	sibling	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 refused	nsubj:pass
5	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 refused	aux
6	refused	refuse	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	8 share	mark
8	share	share	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 refused	xcomp
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 toy	det
10	toy	toy	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 share	obj
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 game	cc
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 game	det
13	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 toy	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	refuse	present · perfect · passive		the sibling					tree rules
2	not share	to-infinitive		a toy or a game					tree rules

Option 2

Never, since all matters between siblings must remain secret

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	9 remain	advmod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Never	punct
3	since	since	SCONJ	_	9 remain	mark
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 matters	det
5	matters	matter	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 remain	nsubj
6	between	between	ADP	_	7 siblings	case
7	siblings	sibling	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 matters	nmod
8	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 remain	aux
9	remain	remain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
10	secret	secret	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 remain	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not remain	must	all matters between siblings					secret property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

When someone is hurt, in danger, or breaking an important rule

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	When	when	ADV	PronType=Int	4 hurt	advmod
2	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	4 hurt	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 hurt	aux:pass
4	hurt	hurt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 danger	punct
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 danger	case
7	danger	danger	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hurt	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 breaking	punct
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 breaking	cc
10	breaking	break	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 hurt	advcl
11	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 rule	det
12	important	important	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 rule	amod
13	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 breaking	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hurt	present · passive		someone		danger			vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	break	gerund		a important rule					vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer rule=Patient

Option 4

Whenever the sibling does anything at all which happens to be annoying

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Whenever	whenever	SCONJ	_	4 does	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 sibling	det
3	sibling	sibling	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 does	nsubj
4	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 happens	advcl
5	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	4 does	obj
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 all	case
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 does	obl
8	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 happens	nsubj
9	happens	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	to	to	PART	_	12 annoying	mark
11	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	12 annoying	cop
12	annoying	annoying	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 happens	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	do	present	the sibling	anything	all		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Eventuality
2	happen	present					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	is	to-infinitive				annoying property	tree rules

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