--- title: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the… — New partners and step-families · tree and pragmatics description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the relationship of a parent's new spouse to that parent's existing child? Exam question 1 of lesson 16 «New partners and step-families» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the q --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/16-new-partners-and-step-families/e1/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Adult life](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/) / [New partners and step-families](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/16-new-partners-and-step-families/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · New partners and step-families Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the relationship of a parent's new spouse to that parent's existing child? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, characteris, exist · **To what, where:** relationship This is exam question 1 of lesson 16 «New partners and step-families» 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/16-new-partners-and-step-families/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:16-new-partners-and-step-families:e1:1 # text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the relationship of a parent's new spouse to that parent's existing child? 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 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 relationship relationship NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 parent parent NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 14 's 's PART POS _ 13 case _ _ 15 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 spouse spouse NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 18 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 19 det _ _ 19 parent parent NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 20 's 's PART POS _ 19 case _ _ 21 existing exist VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 22 amod _ _ 22 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | 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 | | the relationship of a parent's new spouse | | | | of the following statements; to that parent's existing child; accurately *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **exist** | gerund | | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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 {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} The spouse replaces the other parent in every respect ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:16-new-partners-and-step-families:e1:o1:1 # text = The spouse replaces the other parent in every respect 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 spouse spouse NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 replaces replace VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 parent parent NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 9 det _ _ 9 respect respect NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **replace** | present | the spouse | the other parent | | every respect | | | vn substitute-13.6.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme parent=Co-Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} The spouse becomes a step-parent, not supplanting the child's other parent ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:16-new-partners-and-step-families:e1:o2:1 # text = The spouse becomes a step-parent, not supplanting the child's other parent 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 spouse spouse NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 becomes become VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 5 step step NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 parent parent NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 10 advmod _ _ 10 supplanting supplant VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 13 's 's PART POS _ 12 case _ _ 14 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 parent parent NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **become** | present | the spouse | a step parent | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **not** **supplant** | gerund | the spouse *not said here* | the child's other parent | | | | | vn substitute-13.6.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme parent=Co-Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} The spouse has no relationship whatsoever to the child ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:16-new-partners-and-step-families:e1:o3:1 # text = The spouse has no relationship whatsoever to the child 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 spouse spouse NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 5 det _ _ 5 relationship relationship NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 whatsoever whatsoever ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | the spouse | no relationship | | | | to the child | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent relationship=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} The spouse becomes the child's legal and biological parent in every respect ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:16-new-partners-and-step-families:e1:o4:1 # text = The spouse becomes the child's legal and biological parent in every respect 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 spouse spouse NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 becomes become VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 legal legal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 biological biological ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 conj _ _ 10 parent parent NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 xcomp _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 13 det _ _ 13 respect respect NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **become** | present | the spouse | the child's legal parent | | | | in every respect *result* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in respect=Result | **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. 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