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title: A child born to the child's father and the father's new partner shal… — New partners and step-families · tree and pragmatics
description: A child born to the child's father and the father's new partner shall hereinafter be designated as which of the following? Exam question 2 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 question and of e
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# Exam question 2 · New partners and step-families

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A child born to the child's father and the father's new partner shall hereinafter be designated as which of the following?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** bear, designate, follow · **To what, where:** child

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This is exam question 2 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/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:16-new-partners-and-step-families:e2:1
# text = A child born to the child's father and the father's new partner shall hereinafter be designated as which of the following?
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	born	bear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	partner	partner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
15	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	_
16	hereinafter	hereinafter	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
17	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	18	aux:pass	_	_
18	designated	designate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
19	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	23	mark	_	_
20	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	23	nsubj	_	_
21	of	of	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	18	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	18	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bear** | participle |  | a child *not said here* |  |  |  | to the child's father and the father's new partner | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **designate** | shall · passive |  | a child |  |  |  | hereinafter *property* | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 3 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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A step-sibling of the child

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:16-new-partners-and-step-families:e2:o1:1
# text = A step-sibling of the child
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	step	step	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	sibling	sibling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A foster sibling of the child

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:16-new-partners-and-step-families:e2:o2:1
# text = A foster sibling of the child
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	foster	foster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	sibling	sibling	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	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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A half-sibling of the child

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:16-new-partners-and-step-families:e2:o3:1
# text = A half-sibling of the child
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	half	half	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	sibling	sibling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A cousin of the child

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:16-new-partners-and-step-families:e2:o4:1
# text = A cousin of the child
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

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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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