Exam question 3 · Grandparents, divorce and step-families

Pursuant to a grandparent suffering from a memory illness such as dementia, select the appropriate conduct.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: grandparent, you · What happens: suffer, select · To what, where: memory illness, appropriate conduct

This is exam question 3 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	Pursuant	pursuant	ADV	_	14 select	advmod
2	to	to	ADP	_	4 grandparent	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 grandparent	det
4	grandparent	grandparent	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Pursuant	obl
5	suffering	suffer	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 grandparent	acl
6	from	from	ADP	_	9 illness	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 illness	det
8	memory	memory	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 illness	compound
9	illness	illness	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 suffering	obl
10	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	12 dementia	case
11	as	as	ADP	_	10 such	fixed
12	dementia	dementia	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 illness	nmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Pursuant	punct
14	select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 conduct	det
16	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 conduct	amod
17	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 select	obj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	14 select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	suffer	gerund	a grandparent not said here			a memory illness such dementia			vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	select	imperative	you not said here	the appropriate conduct				pursuant property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conduct=Theme

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

Patience and kind reminders, since the grandparent still loves the family

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Patience	patience	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 loves	nsubj
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 reminders	cc
3	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reminders	amod
4	reminders	reminder	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Patience	conj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 grandparent	punct
6	since	since	ADP	_	8 grandparent	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 grandparent	det
8	grandparent	grandparent	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Patience	conj
9	still	still	ADV	_	10 loves	advmod
10	loves	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 family	det
12	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 loves	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	love	present	Patience and kind reminders and the grandparent	the family			still		vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer family=Stimulus

Option 2

Correcting every error loudly, so that the grandparent will learn faster

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Correcting	correct	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 learn	csubj
2	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	3 error	det
3	error	error	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Correcting	obj
4	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	1 Correcting	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Correcting	punct
6	so	so	SCONJ	_	9 grandparent	case
7	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 so	fixed
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 grandparent	det
9	grandparent	grandparent	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Correcting	obl
10	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 learn	aux
11	learn	learn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
12	faster	fast	ADV	Degree=Cmp	11 learn	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	correct speech: disagree	gerund		every error				so the grandparent; loudly property	vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent error=Patient
2	learn	future	Correcting					fast property	vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Avoiding all visits, since the grandparent no longer recognises affection

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Avoiding	avoid	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 recognises	csubj
2	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	3 visits	det
3	visits	visit	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Avoiding	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 grandparent	punct
5	since	since	ADP	_	7 grandparent	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 grandparent	det
7	grandparent	grandparent	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Avoiding	obl
8	no	no	ADV	_	9 longer	advmod
9	longer	long	ADV	Degree=Cmp	7 grandparent	advmod
10	recognises	recognise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	affection	affection	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 recognises	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	avoid	gerund		all visits			since the grandparent		vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent visit=Location
2	recognise	present	Avoiding	affection					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer affection=Stimulus

Option 4

Laughing at the errors, since the grandparent will not remember them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Laughing	laugh	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 remember	csubj
2	at	at	ADP	_	4 errors	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 errors	det
4	errors	error	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Laughing	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 remember	punct
6	since	since	SCONJ	_	11 remember	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 grandparent	det
8	grandparent	grandparent	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 remember	nsubj
9	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 remember	aux
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 remember	advmod
11	remember	remember	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
12	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 remember	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	laugh	gerund				the errors			vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	not remember	future	the grandparent	errors = error					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent they=Theme

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