Exam question 1 · Sore backs, glasses and feeling low

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises depression?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: depression

This is exam question 1 of lesson 22 «Sore backs, glasses and feeling low» 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	depression	depression	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	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		depression				of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules

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

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

A condition caused principally by the misconduct of children

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 condition	det
2	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	caused	cause	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 condition	acl
4	principally	principally	ADV	_	3 caused	advmod
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 misconduct	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 misconduct	det
7	misconduct	misconduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 caused	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 children	case
9	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 misconduct	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	participle		a condition not said here				by the misconduct of children; principally property	vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition
2	misconduct			children					nom misconduct «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

A deliberate choice on the part of the individual to avoid effort

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 choice	det
2	deliberate	deliberate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 choice	amod
3	choice	choice	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 part	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 part	det
6	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 choice	nmod
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 individual	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 individual	det
9	individual	individual	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 part	nmod
10	to	to	PART	_	11 avoid	mark
11	avoid	avoid	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 choice	acl
12	effort	effort	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 avoid	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	avoid	to-infinitive		effort					vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent effort=Location

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

An illness involving persistent low mood for weeks, ordinarily treatable

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 illness	det
2	illness	illness	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 treatable	nsubj
3	involving	involve	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 illness	acl
4	persistent	persistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 mood	amod
5	low	low	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 mood	amod
6	mood	mood	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 involving	obj
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 weeks	case
8	weeks	week	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 involving	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 treatable	punct
10	ordinarily	ordinarily	ADV	_	11 treatable	advmod
11	treatable	treatable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	involve	gerund	a illness not said here	persistent low mood			week		vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mood=Theme

Option 4

A transient bad mood that invariably resolves within a single day of rest

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 mood	det
2	transient	transient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 mood	amod
3	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 mood	amod
4	mood	mood	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 resolves	nsubj
6	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	7 resolves	advmod
7	resolves	resolve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 mood	acl:relcl
8	within	within	ADP	_	11 day	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 day	det
10	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 day	amod
11	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 resolves	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 rest	case
13	rest	rest	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 day	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	resolve	present	a transient bad mood				day	invariably property	tree rules

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