Exam question 3 · Olympiad: thinking traps and what helps first ★★★

In respect of a child's belief that he caused his parents' separation, select the statement consistent with the established facts.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: child, you, parents · What happens: cause, select, establish, respect, believe, separate · To what, where: separation, statement, respect, belief

This is exam question 3 of lesson 32 «Olympiad: thinking traps and what helps first ★★★» 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	In	in	ADP	_	2 respect	case
2	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 select	obl
3	of	of	ADP	_	7 belief	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 child	det
5	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 belief	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 child	case
7	belief	belief	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 respect	nmod
8	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 caused	mark
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 caused	nsubj
10	caused	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 belief	acl
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 parents	nmod:poss
12	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 separation	nmod:poss
13	'	's	PART	_	12 parents	case
14	separation	separation	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 caused	obj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 respect	punct
16	select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 statement	det
18	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 select	obj
19	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 select	xcomp
20	with	with	ADP	_	23 facts	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 facts	det
22	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	23 facts	amod
23	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 consistent	obl
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	16 select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	cause	past	child	child's parents's separation			vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition separation=Patient
2	select	imperative	you not said here	the statement	respect of a child's belief	consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent statement=Theme
3	establish	participle					vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	respect			a child's belief			nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient
5	believe		a child				nom belief «cognition transitive»: poss=agent
6	separate		child's parents				nom separation «state intransitive»: poss=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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Children bear no responsibility for the separation of their parents

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 bear	nsubj
2	bear	bear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 responsibility	det
4	responsibility	responsibility	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bear	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 separation	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 separation	det
7	separation	separation	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bear	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 parents	case
9	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 parents	nmod:poss
10	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 separation	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bear	present	Children	no responsibility				for the separation of Children's parents	vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer responsibility=Stimulus for separation=Attribute
2	separate		Children's parents						nom separation «state intransitive»: of=agent

Option 2

Separation results principally from untidiness at home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Separation	separation	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 results	compound
2	results	result	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	principally	principally	ADV	_	5 untidiness	advmod
4	from	from	ADP	_	5 untidiness	case
5	untidiness	untidiness	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 results	nmod
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 home	case
7	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 untidiness	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

Children are partially responsible where they have misbehaved at home or at school

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 responsible	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 responsible	cop
3	partially	partially	ADV	_	4 responsible	advmod
4	responsible	responsible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	8 misbehaved	advmod
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 misbehaved	nsubj
7	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 misbehaved	aux
8	misbehaved	misbehave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 responsible	advcl
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 home	case
10	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 misbehaved	obl
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 school	cc
12	at	at	ADP	_	13 school	case
13	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 home	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Children					partially, responsible property	tree rules
2	misbehave	present · perfect	Children = child			home or school			tree rules

Option 4

Such beliefs are invariably accurate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 beliefs	amod
2	beliefs	belief	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 accurate	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 accurate	cop
4	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	5 accurate	advmod
5	accurate	accurate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Such beliefs					accurate, invariably property	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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