Exam question 1 · When Grandma and Grandad need more help

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises dementia?

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

This is exam question 1 of lesson 23 «When Grandma and Grandad need more help» 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	dementia	dementia	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		dementia				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

The occasional forgetting of a name, experienced by persons of all ages

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 forgetting	det
2	occasional	occasional	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 forgetting	amod
3	forgetting	forgetting	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 name	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 name	det
6	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 forgetting	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 experienced	punct
8	experienced	experience	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 forgetting	acl
9	by	by	ADP	_	10 persons	case
10	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 experienced	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 ages	case
12	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	13 ages	det
13	ages	age	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 persons	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	experience	participle		the occasional forgetting of a name not said here				by persons of all ages	vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2

A deliberate refusal on the part of the elderly to remember

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 refusal	det
2	deliberate	deliberate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 refusal	amod
3	refusal	refusal	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 refusal	nmod
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 elderly	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 elderly	det
9	elderly	elderly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 part	nmod
10	to	to	PART	_	11 remember	mark
11	remember	remember	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 elderly	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remember	to-infinitive							vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

A progressive illness of the brain, impairing memory and thinking

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 illness	det
2	progressive	progressive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 illness	amod
3	illness	illness	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 brain	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 brain	det
6	brain	brain	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 illness	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 impairing	punct
8	impairing	impair	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 illness	conj
9	memory	memory	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 impairing	obj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 thinking	cc
11	thinking	thinking	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 memory	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	impair	gerund		memory and thinking					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus memory=Experiencer

Option 4

A temporary confusion invariably cured within a few days

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 confusion	det
2	temporary	temporary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 confusion	amod
3	confusion	confusion	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cured	nsubj:pass
4	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	5 cured	advmod
5	cured	cure	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	within	within	ADP	_	9 days	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 days	det
8	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 days	amod
9	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 cured	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cure	participle · passive		a temporary confusion			day	invariably property	vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Source

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