Exam question 3 · Coffee, tea, wine and the pub

Select the response that most accurately characterises a hangover.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, most · What happens: select, characteris · To what, where: response, hangover

This is exam question 3 of lesson 27 «Coffee, tea, wine and the pub» 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 characterises	mark
5	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	7 characterises	nsubj
6	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	5 most	advmod
7	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Select	advcl
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 hangover	det
9	hangover	hangover	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 characterises	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	characteris	present	most	a hangover					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 · ✓ the right answer

Unpleasant bodily effects on the day following excessive drinking

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Unpleasant	unpleasant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 effects	amod
2	bodily	bodily	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 effects	amod
3	effects	effect	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 day	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 day	det
6	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 effects	nmod
7	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 drinking	case
8	excessive	excessive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 drinking	amod
9	drinking	drinking	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 effects	nmod

#	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

Option 2

A condition caused by the consumption of coffee

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	by	by	ADP	_	6 consumption	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 consumption	det
6	consumption	consumption	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 caused	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 coffee	case
8	coffee	coffee	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 consumption	nmod

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

Option 3

A pleasant sensation experienced during the consumption of fine wine

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 sensation	det
2	pleasant	pleasant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 sensation	amod
3	sensation	sensation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	experienced	experience	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 sensation	acl
5	during	during	ADP	_	7 consumption	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 consumption	det
7	consumption	consumption	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 experienced	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 wine	case
9	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 wine	amod
10	wine	wine	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 consumption	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	experience	participle		a pleasant sensation not said here			during the consumption of fine wine		vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer
2	consume			fine wine					nom consumption «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

An illness contracted from another person at a party

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	root	root
3	contracted	contract	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 illness	acl
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 person	case
5	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	6 person	det
6	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 contracted	obl
7	at	at	ADP	_	9 party	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 party	det
9	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 contracted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	contract	participle		a illness not said here		a party		from another person	vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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