--- title: Identify the principal meaning of the term "remarriage" as applied t… — New partners and step-families · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the principal meaning of the term "remarriage" as applied to a parent. Exam question 3 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 each option; Mova's choice was wrong. --- [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/e3/) [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/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · New partners and step-families Identify the principal meaning of the term "remarriage" as applied to a parent. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, apply, mean · **To what, where:** principal meaning, term This is exam question 3 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/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:16-new-partners-and-step-families:e3:1 # text = Identify the principal meaning of the term "remarriage" as applied to a parent. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 principal principal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 meaning meaning NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 term term NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 8 " " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 remarriage remarriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 10 " " PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ 11 as as SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 12 applied apply VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 advcl _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 parent parent NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal meaning of the term | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent meaning=Theme | | 2 | **apply** | participle | you *not said here* | | | | | to a parent | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **mean** | | | the term | | | | | nom meaning «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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} The repetition of vows with an existing spouse upon an anniversary ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:16-new-partners-and-step-families:e3:o1:1 # text = The repetition of vows with an existing spouse upon an anniversary 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 repetition repetition NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 vows vow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 existing exist VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 8 amod _ _ 8 spouse spouse NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 9 upon upon ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 anniversary anniversary NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **exist** | gerund | | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **repeat** | | vows | | | | | with a existing spouse upon a anniversary | nom repetition «event intransitive»: of=agent with=obl | ### Option 2 {#o2} A formal engagement preceding marriage ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:16-new-partners-and-step-families:e3:o2:1 # text = A formal engagement preceding marriage 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 formal formal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 engagement engagement NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 preceding precede VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 acl _ _ 5 marriage marriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **precede** | gerund | a formal engagement *not said here* | marriage | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme marriage=Co-Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} The dissolution of an existing marriage ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:16-new-partners-and-step-families:e3:o3:1 # text = The dissolution of an existing marriage 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 dissolution dissolution NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 existing exist VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 amod _ _ 6 marriage marriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **exist** | gerund | | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **dissolve** | | | a existing marriage | | | | | nom dissolution «process transitive»: of=patient | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} A further marriage following divorce or bereavement ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:16-new-partners-and-step-families:e3:o4:1 # text = A further marriage following divorce or bereavement 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 further further ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 marriage marriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 amod _ _ 5 divorce divorce NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 6 or or CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 bereavement bereavement NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ ``` | # | 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 | **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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