Exam question 3 · Grief has no timetable: houses, anniversaries and big ques…
Ascertain which of the following most accurately describes the position of a child whose parent has been imprisoned.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: ascertain, follow, describe, imprison · To what, where: position, parent
This is exam question 3 of lesson 2 «Grief has no timetable: houses, anniversaries and big questions» 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 | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 following | nsubj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 following | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 following | det |
| 5 | following | follow | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 1 Ascertain | ccomp |
| 6 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 7 accurately | advmod |
| 7 | accurately | accurately | ADV | _ | 8 describes | advmod |
| 8 | describes | describe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 following | advcl |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 position | det |
| 10 | position | position | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 describes | obj |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 child | case |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 child | det |
| 13 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 position | nmod |
| 14 | whose | whose | PRON | Poss=Yes PronType=Rel | 15 parent | nmod:poss |
| 15 | parent | parent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 imprisoned | nsubj:pass |
| 16 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 18 imprisoned | aux |
| 17 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 18 imprisoned | aux:pass |
| 18 | imprisoned | imprison | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 13 child | acl:relcl |
| 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 clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | follow | gerund | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 3 | describe | present | the position of a child | accurately property | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent position=Theme | ||||
| 4 | imprison | present · perfect · passive | parent | vn confine-92 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
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 · ✓ the right answer
The parent's wrongdoing is not attributable to the child
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 parent | det |
| 2 | parent | parent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 wrongdoing | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 parent | case |
| 4 | wrongdoing | wrongdoing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 attributable | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 attributable | cop |
| 6 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 attributable | advmod |
| 7 | attributable | attributable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 child | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 child | det |
| 10 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 attributable | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is | present | the parent's wrongdoing | to the child; attributable property | tree rules |
Option 2
The child is obliged to discontinue all affection for the parent
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 child | det |
| 2 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 obliged | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 obliged | aux:pass |
| 4 | obliged | oblige | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 discontinue | mark |
| 6 | discontinue | discontinue | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 obliged | xcomp |
| 7 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 affection | det |
| 8 | affection | affection | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 discontinue | obj |
| 9 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 parent | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 parent | det |
| 11 | parent | parent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 discontinue | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | oblige | present · passive | the child | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result | |||||
| 2 | discontinue | to-infinitive | all affection | for the parent | vn stop-55.4 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector affection=Eventuality |
Option 3
The child shares in full the culpability of the parent
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 child | det |
| 2 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 shares | nsubj |
| 3 | shares | share | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 culpability | case |
| 5 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 culpability | amod |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 culpability | det |
| 7 | culpability | culpability | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 shares | obl |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 parent | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 parent | det |
| 10 | parent | parent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 culpability | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | share | present | the child | the full culpability of the parent | tree rules |
Option 4
The child shall inevitably commit an identical offence
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 child | det |
| 2 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 commit | nsubj |
| 3 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 commit | aux |
| 4 | inevitably | inevitably | ADV | _ | 5 commit | advmod |
| 5 | commit | commit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 offence | det |
| 7 | identical | identical | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 offence | amod |
| 8 | offence | offence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 commit | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | commit | shall | the child | a identical offence | inevitably property | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent offence=Theme |
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