--- title: Pursuant to the provisions customary in Britain, paternity leave is… — A new baby in the house · tree and pragmatics description: Pursuant to the provisions customary in Britain, paternity leave is best characterised as which of the following? Exam question 3 of lesson 19 «A new baby in the house» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/19-a-new-baby-in-the-house/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/) / [A new baby in the house](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/19-a-new-baby-in-the-house/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · A new baby in the house Pursuant to the provisions customary in Britain, paternity leave is best characterised as which of the following? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** characteris, follow · **To what, where:** paternity leave This is exam question 3 of lesson 19 «A new baby in the house» 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/19-a-new-baby-in-the-house/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:19-a-new-baby-in-the-house:e3:1 # text = Pursuant to the provisions customary in Britain, paternity leave is best characterised as which of the following? 1 Pursuant pursuant ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 2 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 provisions provision NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 compound _ _ 5 customary customary NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 Britain Britain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 9 paternity paternity NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 leave leave NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj:pass _ _ 11 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux:pass _ _ 12 best well ADV RBS Degree=Sup 13 advmod _ _ 13 characterised characteris VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 14 as as SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 15 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 18 nsubj _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 following follow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ? ? PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **characteris** | present · passive | | paternity leave | | | | pursuant, well *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} A permanent cessation of employment ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:19-a-new-baby-in-the-house:e3:o1:1 # text = A permanent cessation of employment 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 permanent permanent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 cessation cessation NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 employment employment NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cease** | | | employment | | | | | nom cessation «event transitive»: of=patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} A period of leave granted only to mothers ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:19-a-new-baby-in-the-house:e3:o2:1 # text = A period of leave granted only to mothers 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 period period NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 leave leave NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 5 granted grant VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ _ 6 only only ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 mothers mother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grant** | participle | | a period of leave *not said here* | mothers | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to mother=Goal | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} A period of leave from employment, usually two weeks, granted to a new father ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:19-a-new-baby-in-the-house:e3:o3:1 # text = A period of leave from employment, usually two weeks, granted to a new father 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 period period NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 leave leave NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 employment employment NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 usually usually ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 9 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 10 nummod _ _ 10 weeks week NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 granted grant VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 appos _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grant** | participle | | | a new father | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to father=Goal | ### Option 4 {#o4} A period of unpaid holiday taken abroad ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:19-a-new-baby-in-the-house:e3:o4:1 # text = A period of unpaid holiday taken abroad 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 period period NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 unpaid unpaid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 holiday holiday NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 abroad abroad ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | participle · passive | | a period of unpaid holiday | | | | abroad *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: subject=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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