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title: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a di… — When parents separate · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a divorce? Exam question 2 of lesson 15 «When parents separate» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Exam question 2 · When parents separate

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a divorce?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** divorce

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 15 «When parents separate» of the adult life 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/adult-life/15-when-parents-separate/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:15-when-parents-separate:e2:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a divorce?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	divorce	divorce	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | a divorce |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |

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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 {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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A temporary separation lasting not more than one week

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:15-when-parents-separate:e2:o1:1
# text = A temporary separation lasting not more than one week
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	temporary	temporary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	separation	separation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	lasting	last	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp|ExtPos=ADV	8	advmod	_	_
7	than	than	ADP	IN	_	6	fixed	_	_
8	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **last** | gerund | a temporary separation *not said here* |  |  |  | week |  | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A criminal proceeding against one of the spouses

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:15-when-parents-separate:e2:o2:1
# text = A criminal proceeding against one of the spouses
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	criminal	criminal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	proceeding	proceeding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	against	against	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	spouses	spouse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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The legal termination of the relationship between each parent and the child

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:15-when-parents-separate:e2:o3:1
# text = The legal termination of the relationship between each parent and the child
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	legal	legal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	termination	termination	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	relationship	relationship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	between	between	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	parent	parent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The legal termination of a marriage, which does not terminate the family

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:15-when-parents-separate:e2:o4:1
# text = The legal termination of a marriage, which does not terminate the family
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	legal	legal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	termination	termination	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	marriage	marriage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
9	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	terminate	terminate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **terminate** | present · do-support | the legal termination of a marriage | the family |  |  |  |  | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent family=Theme |

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**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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