Exam question 1 · Parents shouting, parents splitting: it's not your fault

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the cause of disputes between parents?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris, cause · To what, where: cause, disputes

This is exam question 1 of lesson 12 «Parents shouting, parents splitting: it's not your fault» of the reflection 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 cause	det
10	cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 disputes	case
12	disputes	dispute	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 cause	nmod
13	between	between	ADP	_	14 parents	case
14	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 disputes	nmod
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the cause of disputes between parents	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	cause		disputes between parents		nom cause «event 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

Such disputes concern adult matters and are not caused by the child

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 disputes	amod
2	disputes	dispute	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 matters	nsubj
3	concern	concern	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 adult	compound
4	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 disputes	conj
5	matters	matter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 caused	cc
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 caused	aux:pass
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 caused	advmod
9	caused	cause	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 matters	conj
10	by	by	ADP	_	12 child	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 child	det
12	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 caused	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	matter	present	Such disputes and concern adult						vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus
2	not cause	present · passive	the child						vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition

Option 2

Such disputes may be terminated by exemplary conduct on the part of the child

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 disputes	amod
2	disputes	dispute	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 terminated	nsubj:pass
3	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 terminated	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 terminated	aux:pass
5	terminated	terminate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 conduct	case
7	exemplary	exemplary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 conduct	amod
8	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 terminated	obl
9	on	on	ADP	_	11 part	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 part	det
11	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 terminated	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 child	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 child	det
14	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 part	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	terminate	may · passive	exemplary conduct	Such disputes		the part of the child			vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

Option 3

Such disputes are caused principally by the conduct of the child

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 disputes	amod
2	disputes	dispute	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 caused	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 caused	aux:pass
4	caused	cause	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	principally	principally	ADV	_	4 caused	advmod
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 conduct	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 conduct	det
8	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 caused	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 child	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 child	det
11	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 conduct	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	present · passive	the conduct of the child	Such disputes				principally property	vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition subject=Patient
2	conduct			the child					nom conduct «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

Such disputes arise solely where children are untidy at mealtimes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 disputes	amod
2	disputes	dispute	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 arise	nsubj
3	arise	arise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	solely	solely	ADV	_	8 untidy	advmod
5	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	8 untidy	advmod
6	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 untidy	nsubj
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 untidy	cop
8	untidy	untidy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 arise	ccomp
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 mealtimes	case
10	mealtimes	mealtime	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 untidy	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	arise	present	Such disputes						vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present	children			mealtimes		solely, untidy property	tree rules

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