Exam question 1 · Hard things at home: broken promises, silence, money and i…

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a child's assertion of indifference concerning a parent's repeated absence?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: indifference, child, parent · What happens: follow, characteris, concern, repeat, assert, absent · To what, where: assertion, repeated absence, indifference

This is exam question 1 of lesson 13 «Hard things at home: broken promises, silence, money and illness» 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	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 child	det
10	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 assertion	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 child	case
12	assertion	assertion	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 indifference	case
14	indifference	indifference	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 assertion	nmod
15	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	14 indifference	acl
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 parent	det
17	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 absence	nmod:poss
18	's	's	PART	_	17 parent	case
19	repeated	repeat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	20 absence	amod
20	absence	absence	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 concerning	obj
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		a child's assertion of indifference	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	concern	gerund	indifference not said here	a parent's repeated absence		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus absence=Experiencer
4	repeat	participle				vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
5	assert		a child	indifference		nom assertion «communication transitive»: poss=agent of=patient
6	absent		a parent			nom absence «state transitive»: poss=agent

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

It indicates that the child has forgotten the parent's promise

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	2 indicates	nsubj
2	indicates	indicate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 forgotten	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 child	det
5	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 forgotten	nsubj
6	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 forgotten	aux
7	forgotten	forget	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 indicates	ccomp
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 parent	det
9	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 promise	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 parent	case
11	promise	promise	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 forgotten	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	indicate	present	It		vn indicate-78-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot clause=Topic
2	forget	present · perfect	the child	the parent's promise	tree rules
3	promise		the parent		nom promise «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It commonly serves as a shield concealing genuine hurt

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	3 serves	nsubj
2	commonly	commonly	ADV	_	3 serves	advmod
3	serves	serve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	as	as	ADP	_	6 shield	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 shield	det
6	shield	shield	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 serves	obl
7	concealing	conceal	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 shield	acl
8	genuine	genuine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 hurt	amod
9	hurt	hurt	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 concealing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	serve	present	It					as a shield; commonly property	vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as shield=Attribute
2	conceal	gerund	a shield not said here	genuine hurt					vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hurt=Patient

Option 3

It constitutes an attempt to provoke the absent parent

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	2 constitutes	nsubj
2	constitutes	constitute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 attempt	det
4	attempt	attempt	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 constitutes	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 provoke	mark
6	provoke	provoke	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 attempt	acl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 parent	det
8	absent	absent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 parent	amod
9	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 provoke	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	constitute	present	It	a attempt					vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme attempt=Pivot
2	provoke	to-infinitive		the absent parent					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus parent=Experiencer

Option 4

It invariably signifies a genuine absence of feeling

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	3 signifies	nsubj
2	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	3 signifies	advmod
3	signifies	signify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 absence	det
5	genuine	genuine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 absence	amod
6	absence	absence	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 signifies	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 feeling	case
8	feeling	feeling	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 absence	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	signify	present	It	a genuine absence of feeling				invariably property	vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot absence=Theme
2	absent			feeling					nom absence «state transitive»: of=patient

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