Exam question 2 · Hard things at home: broken promises, silence, money and i…
It is given that a child forms an attachment to a parent's new partner. Determine the response consistent with the established facts.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: child, you · What happens: give, form, determine, establish · To what, where: It, attachment, new partner, response
This is exam question 2 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
Sentence 1: It is given that a child forms an attachment to a parent's new partner.
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 given | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | aux:pass |
| 3 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 7 forms | mark |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 child | det |
| 6 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 forms | nsubj |
| 7 | forms | form | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | advcl |
| 8 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 attachment | det |
| 9 | attachment | attachment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 forms | obj |
| 10 | to | to | ADP | _ | 15 partner | case |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 parent | det |
| 12 | parent | parent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 partner | nmod:poss |
| 13 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 12 parent | case |
| 14 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 partner | amod |
| 15 | partner | partner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 attachment | nmod |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 given | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present · passive | It | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | form | present | a child | a attachment | a parent's new partner | vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent attachment=Theme to partner=Recipient |
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.
Sentence 2: Determine the response consistent with the established facts.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Determine | determine | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 response | det |
| 3 | response | response | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Determine | obj |
| 4 | consistent | consistent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Determine | xcomp |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 facts | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 facts | det |
| 7 | established | establish | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 facts | amod |
| 8 | facts | fact | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 consistent | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Determine | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | determine | imperative | you not said here | the response | consistent property | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Topic | |||
| 2 | establish | participle | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Such attachment does not diminish the child's love for the other parent
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 attachment | amod |
| 2 | attachment | attachment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 diminish | nsubj |
| 3 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 diminish | aux |
| 4 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 diminish | advmod |
| 5 | diminish | diminish | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 child | det |
| 7 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 love | nmod:poss |
| 8 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 7 child | case |
| 9 | love | love | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 diminish | obj |
| 10 | for | for | ADP | _ | 13 parent | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 parent | det |
| 12 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 parent | amod |
| 13 | parent | parent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 diminish | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not diminish | present · do-support | Such attachment | the child's love | for the other parent | vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Causer love=Patient | |||
| 2 | love | the child | nom love «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 2
Such attachment obliges the child to select one parent exclusively
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 attachment | amod |
| 2 | attachment | attachment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 obliges | nsubj |
| 3 | obliges | oblige | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 child | det |
| 5 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 obliges | obj |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 select | mark |
| 7 | select | select | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 obliges | advcl |
| 8 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 9 parent | nummod |
| 9 | parent | parent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 select | obj |
| 10 | exclusively | exclusively | ADV | _ | 7 select | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | oblige | present | Such attachment | the child | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Patient | ||||
| 2 | select | to-infinitive | Such attachment not said here | one parent | exclusively property | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent parent=Theme |
Option 3
Such attachment is prohibited until the other parent has given his express consent
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 attachment | amod |
| 2 | attachment | attachment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 prohibited | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 prohibited | aux:pass |
| 4 | prohibited | prohibit | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 10 given | mark |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 parent | det |
| 7 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 parent | amod |
| 8 | parent | parent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 given | nsubj:pass |
| 9 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 given | aux |
| 10 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 prohibited | advcl |
| 11 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 consent | nmod:poss |
| 12 | express | express | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 consent | amod |
| 13 | consent | consent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 given | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | prohibit | present · passive | Such attachment | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | give | present · perfect · passive | the other parent | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient consent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | consent | parent | nom consent «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 4
Such attachment constitutes a betrayal of the other parent
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 attachment | amod |
| 2 | attachment | attachment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 constitutes | nsubj |
| 3 | constitutes | constitute | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 betrayal | det |
| 5 | betrayal | betrayal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 constitutes | obj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 parent | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 parent | det |
| 8 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 parent | amod |
| 9 | parent | parent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 betrayal | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | constitute | present | Such attachment | a betrayal of the other parent | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme betrayal=Pivot | ||||
| 2 | betray | the other parent | nom betrayal «act transitive»: of=patient |
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