Exam question 4 · When home feels shaky: rows, hospitals, new babies and big…
Ascertain which statement is consistent with the facts concerning the arrival of a new infant in a family.
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, statement, facts · What happens: ascertain, be, concern · To what, where: arrival
This is exam question 4 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 | 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 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 arrival | det |
| 11 | arrival | arrival | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 concerning | obj |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 infant | case |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 infant | det |
| 14 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 infant | amod |
| 15 | infant | infant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 arrival | acl:relcl |
| 16 | in | in | ADP | _ | 18 family | case |
| 17 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 family | det |
| 18 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 infant | obl |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Ascertain | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | 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 | the arrival | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus arrival=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 · ✓ the right answer
Parental fatigue does not signify diminished love for older children
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Parental | parental | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 fatigue | amod |
| 2 | fatigue | fatigue | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 signify | nsubj |
| 3 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 signify | aux |
| 4 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 signify | advmod |
| 5 | signify | signify | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | diminished | diminish | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 love | amod |
| 7 | love | love | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 signify | obj |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 children | case |
| 9 | older | old | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 10 children | amod |
| 10 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 signify | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not signify | present · do-support | Parental fatigue | diminished love | for older children | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot love=Theme for child=Attribute | |||
| 2 | diminish | participle | vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |
Option 2
Older children are required to withdraw from the family
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Older | old | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 2 children | amod |
| 2 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 required | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 required | aux:pass |
| 4 | required | require | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 withdraw | mark |
| 6 | withdraw | withdraw | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 required | xcomp |
| 7 | from | from | ADP | _ | 9 family | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 family | det |
| 9 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 withdraw | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | require | present · passive | Older children | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | withdraw | to-infinitive | the family | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from family=Initial_Location |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Parents invariably love the youngest child most
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Parents | parent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 love | nsubj |
| 2 | invariably | invariably | ADV | _ | 3 love | advmod |
| 3 | love | love | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 child | det |
| 5 | youngest | young | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 6 child | amod |
| 6 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 love | obj |
| 7 | most | most | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 3 love | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | love | present | Parents | the youngest child | invariably property | tree rules |
Option 4
Jealousy in older children is abnormal and unknown
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jealousy | jealousy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 abnormal | nsubj |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 children | case |
| 3 | older | old | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 4 children | amod |
| 4 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Jealousy | nmod |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 abnormal | cop |
| 6 | abnormal | abnormal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 unknown | cc |
| 8 | unknown | unknown | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 abnormal | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Jealousy in older children | abnormal property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | be | Jealousy in older children not said here | tree rules |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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