--- title: Select the statement consistent with the established facts concernin… — Olympiad: what is really going on ★★★ · tree and pragmatics description: Select the statement consistent with the established facts concerning children whose parents separate. Exam question 4 of lesson 61 «Olympiad: what is really going on ★★★» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; M --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/61-olympiad-what-is-really-going-on/e4/) [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/) / [Olympiad: what is really going on ★★★](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/61-olympiad-what-is-really-going-on/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Olympiad: what is really going on ★★★ Select the statement consistent with the established facts concerning children whose parents separate. **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, parents · **What happens:** select, establish, concern, separate · **To what, where:** statement This is exam question 4 of lesson 61 «Olympiad: what is really going on ★★★» 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/61-olympiad-what-is-really-going-on/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:61-olympiad-what-is-really-going-on:e4:1 # text = Select the statement consistent with the established facts concerning children whose parents separate. 1 Select select VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 statement statement NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 consistent consistent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 xcomp _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 established establish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 amod _ _ 8 facts fact NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 9 concerning concern VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 10 amod _ _ 10 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 appos _ _ 11 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 parents parent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nsubj _ _ 13 separate separate VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the statement | | | | consistent *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent statement=Theme | | 2 | **establish** | participle | | | | | | | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot | | 3 | **concern** | gerund | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **separate** | present | parents | | | | | | vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} The separation is never the child's fault ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:61-olympiad-what-is-really-going-on:e4:o1:1 # text = The separation is never the child's fault 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 separation separation NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 4 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 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 fault fault NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is a** | present | the separation | the child's fault | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Good behaviour can reverse a separation ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:61-olympiad-what-is-really-going-on:e4:o2:1 # text = Good behaviour can reverse a separation 1 Good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 behaviour behaviour NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 reverse reverse VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 separation separation NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reverse** | can | Good behaviour | a separation | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent separation=Patient | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} Children must choose a parent at once ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:61-olympiad-what-is-really-going-on:e4:o3:1 # text = Children must choose a parent at once 1 Children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 choose choose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 parent parent NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **choose** | must | Children | a parent | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent parent=Theme at once=Asset | ### Option 4 {#o4} The child's behaviour is usually the cause ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:61-olympiad-what-is-really-going-on:e4:o4:1 # text = The child's behaviour is usually the cause 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 behaviour behaviour NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 6 usually usually ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 cause cause NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the child's behaviour | the cause | | | | usually *property* | tree rules | **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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