Exam question 4 · Parents shouting, parents splitting: it's not your fault

Ascertain which statement is consistent with the facts concerning depression in a parent.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, statement, facts · What happens: ascertain, be, concern · To what, where: depression

This is exam question 4 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	3 statement	det
3	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 consistent	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 consistent	cop
5	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Ascertain	ccomp
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	depression	depression	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 parent	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 parent	det
13	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here			vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	which statement		with the facts; consistent property	tree rules
3	concern	gerund	the facts not said here	depression	in a parent	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus depression=Experiencer

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

It is a matter which must be concealed from all other relatives

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 matter	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 matter	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 matter	det
4	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 concealed	nsubj:pass
6	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 concealed	aux
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 concealed	aux:pass
8	concealed	conceal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 matter	acl:relcl
9	from	from	ADP	_	12 relatives	case
10	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	12 relatives	det
11	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 relatives	amod
12	relatives	relative	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 concealed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a matter					tree rules
2	conceal	must · passive		a matter		all other relatives			vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Patient from relative=Beneficiary

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It is an illness the child did not cause and cannot cure

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 illness	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 illness	cop
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 illness	det
4	illness	illness	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 child	det
6	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 cause	nsubj
7	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 cause	aux
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 cause	advmod
9	cause	cause	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 illness	acl:relcl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 cure	cc
11	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 cure	aux
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 cure	advmod
13	cure	cure	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 illness	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a illness	tree rules
2	not cause	past · do-support	the child	a illness not said here	vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition illness=Patient
3	not cure	can			vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer

Option 3

It is a condition caused by insufficient humour on the part of the child

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 condition	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 condition	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 condition	det
4	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	caused	cause	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 condition	acl
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 humour	case
7	insufficient	insufficient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 humour	amod
8	humour	humour	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 caused	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 caused	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	is a	present	It	a condition					tree rules
2	cause	participle		a condition not said here		the part of the child		by insufficient humour	vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition

Option 4

It is a deliberate choice which the parent may reverse at will

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 choice	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 choice	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 choice	det
4	deliberate	deliberate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 choice	amod
5	choice	choice	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 reverse	obj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 parent	det
8	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 reverse	nsubj
9	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 reverse	aux
10	reverse	reverse	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 choice	acl:relcl
11	at	at	ADP	_	12 will	case
12	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 reverse	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a deliberate choice					tree rules
2	reverse	may	the parent	a deliberate choice					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent which=Patient

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