Exam question 1 · When home feels shaky: rows, hospitals, new babies and big…

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the consequence of a dispute between parents upon a festive occasion?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: consequence

This is exam question 1 of lesson 14 «When home feels shaky: rows, hospitals, new babies and big changes» 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 consequence	det
10	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 dispute	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 dispute	det
13	dispute	dispute	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 consequence	nmod
14	between	between	ADP	_	15 parents	case
15	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 dispute	nmod
16	upon	upon	ADP	_	19 occasion	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 occasion	det
18	festive	festive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 occasion	amod
19	occasion	occasion	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obl
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the consequence of a dispute between parents				of the following statements; upon a festive occasion; accurately property	tree rules

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

Such an incident invariably renders all future festivities disagreeable

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	3 incident	det:predet
2	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 incident	det
3	incident	incident	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 renders	obl
4	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	5 renders	advmod
5	renders	render	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	all	all	ADV	_	7 future	advmod
7	future	future	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 festivities	amod
8	festivities	festivity	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 renders	obj
9	disagreeable	disagreeable	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 renders	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	render	present		such incident				invariably property	vn give-13.1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent festivity=Recipient disagreeable=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

A single disagreeable incident does not determine the character of all future ones

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 incident	det
2	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 incident	amod
3	disagreeable	disagreeable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 incident	amod
4	incident	incident	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 determine	nsubj
5	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 determine	aux
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 determine	advmod
7	determine	determine	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 character	det
9	character	character	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 determine	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	13 ones	case
11	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	13 ones	det
12	future	future	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 ones	amod
13	ones	one	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 character	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not determine	present · do-support	a single disagreeable incident	the character of all future ones					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent character=Topic

Option 3

Festive occasions are wholly free of stress for adults

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Festive	festive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 occasions	amod
2	occasions	occasion	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 free	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 free	cop
4	wholly	wholly	ADV	_	5 free	advmod
5	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 stress	case
7	stress	stress	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 free	obl
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 adults	case
9	adults	adult	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 free	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Festive occasions					of stress; for adults; free, wholly property	tree rules

Option 4

Festive disputes are caused principally by the children present

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Festive	festive	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	SCONJ	_	9 present	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 children	det
8	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 present	nsubj
9	present	present	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 caused	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	present · passive		Festive disputes				principally property	vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	present	present	the children						vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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