Exam question 4 · Grandparents, divorce and step-families

In respect of an adopted or fostered child, which statement is correct?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · What happens: adopt, foster, be, respect · To what, where: respect, adopted child

This is exam question 4 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	In	in	ADP	_	2 respect	case
2	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 correct	obl
3	of	of	ADP	_	8 child	case
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 child	det
5	adopted	adopt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 child	amod
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 fostered	cc
7	fostered	foster	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 adopted	conj
8	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 respect	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 statement	punct
10	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	11 statement	det
11	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 child	conj
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 correct	cop
13	correct	correct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	13 correct	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	adopt	participle				vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	foster	participle				tree rules
3	is	present		respect of a adopted child and which statement	correct property	tree rules
4	respect		a adopted child and which statement			nom respect «cognition 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

The child's classmates are entitled to know every detail

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 child	det
2	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 classmates	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 child	case
4	classmates	classmate	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 entitled	nsubj:pass
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 entitled	aux:pass
6	entitled	entitle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	8 know	mark
8	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 entitled	xcomp
9	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	10 detail	det
10	detail	detail	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 know	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	entitle	present · passive		the child's classmates					tree rules
2	know	to-infinitive		every detail					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer detail=Stimulus

Option 2

The child must never mention adoption or fostering at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 child	det
2	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 mention	nsubj
3	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 mention	aux
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 mention	advmod
5	mention	mention	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	adoption	adoption	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 mention	obj
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 fostering	cc
8	fostering	foster	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 mention	conj
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 all	case
10	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 fostering	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not mention speech: other	must	the child	adoption					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent adoption=Topic
2	foster	gerund	the child not said here			all			tree rules

Option 3

The child is obliged to tell the whole class their story

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 child	det
2	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 obliged	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 obliged	aux:pass
4	obliged	oblige	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 tell	mark
6	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 obliged	xcomp
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 class	det
8	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 class	amod
9	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 tell	obj
10	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 story	nmod:poss
11	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 tell	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	oblige	present · passive		the child					vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result
2	tell speech: assert	to-infinitive		the whole class					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent class=Recipient story=Topic

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The child may choose what to share about their own story

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 child	det
2	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 choose	nsubj
3	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 choose	aux
4	choose	choose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	7 share	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 share	mark
7	share	share	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 choose	xcomp
8	about	about	ADP	_	11 story	case
9	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 story	nmod:poss
10	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 story	amod
11	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 share	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	choose	may	the child						tree rules
2	share	to-infinitive	the child not said here					about their own story	tree rules

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