Exam question 3 · When nobody sits with you: making friends again

It is given that a child assists in the care of a seriously ill parent. Select the response consistent with the established facts.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: child, ill parent, you · What happens: give, assist, care, select, establish · To what, where: It, care, response

This is exam question 3 of lesson 23 «When nobody sits with you: making friends again» 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 assists in the care of a seriously ill parent.

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 assists	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 child	det
6	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 assists	nsubj
7	assists	assist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	advcl
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 care	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 care	det
10	care	care	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 assists	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	15 parent	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 parent	det
13	seriously	seriously	ADV	_	14 ill	advmod
14	ill	ill	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 parent	amod
15	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 care	nmod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	give	present · passive		It		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	assist	present	a child		the care of a ill parent	vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
3	care		a ill parent			nom care «act intransitive»: of=agent

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: Select the response consistent with the established facts.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Select	select	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 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	amod
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 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
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

The child is termed a young carer, and support groups exist for such children

The tree, 14 words

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 termed	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 termed	aux:pass
4	termed	term	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 carer	det
6	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 carer	amod
7	carer	carer	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 termed	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 exist	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 exist	cc
10	support	support	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 groups	compound
11	groups	group	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 exist	nsubj
12	exist	exist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 termed	conj
13	for	for	ADP	_	15 children	case
14	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 children	amod
15	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 exist	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	term	present · passive		the child					vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Theme carer=Result
2	exist	present	support groups					for such children	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

The child is required by law to conceal the circumstances from all other persons

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 required	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 required	aux:pass
4	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 law	case
6	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 required	obl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 conceal	mark
8	conceal	conceal	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 required	xcomp
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 circumstances	det
10	circumstances	circumstance	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 conceal	obj
11	from	from	ADP	_	14 persons	case
12	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	14 persons	det
13	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 persons	amod
14	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 conceal	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present · passive	law	the child					vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient clause=Topic
2	conceal	to-infinitive	law not said here	the circumstances				from all other persons	vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent circumstance=Patient from person=Beneficiary

Option 3

The child is prohibited from maintaining any friendships

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 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	from	from	SCONJ	_	6 maintaining	mark
6	maintaining	maintain	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 prohibited	advcl
7	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	8 friendships	det
8	friendships	friendship	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 maintaining	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prohibit	present · passive		the child					vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	maintain	gerund		any friendships					vn declare-29.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent friendship=Theme

Option 4

Such a child is employed by the health service as a nurse

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	3 child	det:predet
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 child	det
3	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 employed	nsubj:pass
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 employed	aux:pass
5	employed	employ	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	by	by	ADP	_	9 service	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 service	det
8	health	health	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 service	compound
9	service	service	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 employed	obl
10	as	as	ADP	_	12 nurse	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 nurse	det
12	nurse	nurse	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 employed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	employ	present · passive	the health service	such child				as a nurse	vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent subject=Theme as nurse=Attribute

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