Exam question 2 · Lonely and different: accents, big brothers and being too…

Identify the principal reason for which an elder sibling of thirteen years may cease to play with a younger sibling.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, elder sibling · What happens: identify, cease, play · To what, where: principal reason

This is exam question 2 of lesson 22 «Lonely and different: accents, big brothers and being too much» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 reason	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reason	amod
4	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 cease	obl
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 sibling	det
8	elder	elder	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 sibling	amod
9	sibling	sibling	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 cease	nsubj
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 years	case
11	thirteen	thirteen	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 years	nummod
12	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 sibling	nmod
13	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 cease	aux
14	cease	cease	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 reason	acl:relcl
15	to	to	PART	_	16 play	mark
16	play	play	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 cease	xcomp
17	with	with	ADP	_	20 sibling	case
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 sibling	det
19	younger	young	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	20 sibling	amod
20	sibling	sibling	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 play	obl
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal reason		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	cease	may	a elder sibling of thirteen years		for the principal reason	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
3	play	to-infinitive	a elder sibling of thirteen years not said here		with a younger sibling	vn play-114.2-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with sibling=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 younger sibling has committed a grave and undisclosed offence

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 sibling	det
2	younger	young	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 sibling	amod
3	sibling	sibling	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 committed	nsubj:pass
4	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 committed	aux
5	committed	commit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 grave	det
7	grave	grave	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 committed	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 offence	cc
9	undisclosed	undisclos	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 offence	amod
10	offence	offence	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 grave	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	commit	present · perfect · passive		the younger sibling					vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V NP PP.goal»: subject=Asset grave=Goal
2	undisclos	participle							tree rules

Option 2

Persons of thirteen are prohibited from playing games with children

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 prohibited	nsubj:pass
2	of	of	ADP	_	3 thirteen	case
3	thirteen	thirteen	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	1 Persons	nmod
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 prohibited	aux:pass
5	prohibited	prohibit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 games	case
7	playing	play	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 games	amod
8	games	game	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 prohibited	obl
9	with	with	ADP	_	10 children	case
10	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 prohibited	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prohibit	present · passive		Persons of thirteen		playing games		with children	vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Beneficiary from game=Eventuality
2	play	gerund							vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Adolescents commonly seek greater privacy and the company of their peers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Adolescents	adolescent	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 seek	nsubj
2	commonly	commonly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Adolescents	amod
3	seek	seek	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	greater	great	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 privacy	amod
5	privacy	privacy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 seek	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 company	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 company	det
8	company	company	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 privacy	conj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 peers	case
10	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 peers	nmod:poss
11	peers	peer	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 company	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	seek	infinitive	Adolescents	greater privacy and the company of Adolescents's peers					vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent privacy=Theme

Option 4

The elder sibling has invariably ceased to hold the younger in affection

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 sibling	det
2	elder	elder	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 sibling	amod
3	sibling	sibling	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 ceased	nsubj:pass
4	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 ceased	aux
5	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	6 ceased	advmod
6	ceased	cease	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	8 hold	mark
8	hold	hold	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 ceased	xcomp
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 younger	det
10	younger	young	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	8 hold	obj
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 affection	case
12	affection	affection	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 hold	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cease	present · perfect · passive		the elder sibling				invariably property	tree rules
2	hold	to-infinitive		the younger		affection			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent young=Theme in affection=Location

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