Exam question 2 · Grandparents, divorce and step-families

Identify the response consistent with the established facts concerning the conveyance of messages between separated parents.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: identify, establish, concern, separate, convey · To what, where: response, conveyance, messages

This is exam question 2 of lesson 96 «Grandparents, divorce and step-families» 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 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Identify	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 conveyance	det
11	conveyance	conveyance	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 messages	case
13	messages	message	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 conveyance	nmod
14	between	between	ADP	_	16 parents	case
15	separated	separate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 parents	amod
16	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 messages	nmod
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: 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 conveyance of messages between separated parents		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus conveyance=Experiencer
4	separate	participle				vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
5	convey			messages between separated parents		nom conveyance «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

Carrying messages between parents is not the child's job

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Carrying	carry	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 job	csubj
2	messages	message	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Carrying	obj
3	between	between	ADP	_	4 parents	case
4	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Carrying	obl
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 job	cop
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 job	advmod
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 child	det
8	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 job	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 child	case
10	job	job	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	gerund		messages				between parents	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent message=Theme
2	not is a	present	Carrying	the child's job					tree rules

Option 2

Carrying messages between parents is the child's duty

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Carrying	carry	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 duty	csubj
2	messages	message	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Carrying	obj
3	between	between	ADP	_	4 parents	case
4	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Carrying	obl
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 duty	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 child	det
7	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 duty	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 child	case
9	duty	duty	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	gerund		messages				between parents	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent message=Theme
2	is a	present	Carrying	the child's duty					tree rules

Option 3

Carrying messages should always be done in secret by the child

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Carrying	carry	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 done	csubj:pass
2	messages	message	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Carrying	obj
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 done	aux
4	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	6 done	advmod
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 done	aux:pass
6	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 secret	case
8	secret	secret	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 done	obl
9	by	by	ADP	_	11 child	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 child	det
11	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 done	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	gerund		messages					vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent message=Theme
2	do	should · passive	Carrying			secret		by the child; always property	vn act-114-1 «NP V»

Option 4

Carrying messages is required by law of every child

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Carrying	carry	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 required	csubj:pass
2	messages	message	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Carrying	obj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 required	aux:pass
4	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 law	case
6	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 required	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 child	case
8	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	9 child	det
9	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 law	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	gerund		messages					vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent message=Theme
2	require	present · passive	Carrying					by law of every child	vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S_INF»

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