Exam question 1 · Big feelings in big people
Identify the principal reason for which a parent's expression of anger may exceed the magnitude of the immediate provocation.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, expression · What happens: identify, exceed · To what, where: principal reason, magnitude
This is exam question 1 of lesson 36 «Big feelings in big people» 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 | Identify | identify | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 reason | det |
| 3 | principal | principal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 reason | amod |
| 4 | reason | reason | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Identify | obj |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 which | case |
| 6 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 14 exceed | obl |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 parent | det |
| 8 | parent | parent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 expression | nmod:poss |
| 9 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 8 parent | case |
| 10 | expression | expression | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 exceed | nsubj |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 anger | case |
| 12 | anger | anger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 expression | nmod |
| 13 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 14 exceed | aux |
| 14 | exceed | exceed | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 reason | acl:relcl |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 magnitude | det |
| 16 | magnitude | magnitude | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 exceed | obj |
| 17 | of | of | ADP | _ | 20 provocation | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 provocation | det |
| 19 | immediate | immediate | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 provocation | amod |
| 20 | provocation | provocation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 magnitude | nmod |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Identify | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | identify | imperative | you not said here | the principal reason | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme | ||||
| 2 | exceed | may | a parent's expression of anger | the magnitude of the immediate provocation | for the principal reason | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot magnitude=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
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
The provocation is invariably more serious than it appears
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 provocation | det |
| 2 | provocation | provocation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 serious | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 serious | cop |
| 4 | invariably | invariably | ADV | _ | 5 more | advmod |
| 5 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 6 serious | advmod |
| 6 | serious | serious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | than | than | SCONJ | _ | 9 appears | mark |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 appears | nsubj |
| 9 | appears | appear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 serious | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the provocation | serious property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | appear | present | it | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Additional, unrelated concerns may be compounding the emotion
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Additional | additional | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 concerns | amod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Additional | punct |
| 3 | unrelated | unrelated | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 concerns | amod |
| 4 | concerns | concern | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 compounding | nsubj |
| 5 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 compounding | aux |
| 6 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 7 compounding | aux |
| 7 | compounding | compound | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 emotion | det |
| 9 | emotion | emotion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 compounding | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | compound | may · progressive | Additional unrelated concerns | the emotion | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent emotion=Patient |
Option 3
Adults are incapable of regulating the volume of speech
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adults | adult | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 incapable | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 incapable | cop |
| 3 | incapable | incapable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 5 regulating | mark |
| 5 | regulating | regulate | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 incapable | advcl |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 volume | det |
| 7 | volume | volume | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 regulating | obj |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 speech | case |
| 9 | speech | speech | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 volume | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Adults | incapable property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | regulate | gerund | Adults not said here | the volume of speech | tree rules |
Option 4
Parental affection is withdrawn in proportion to the offence
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Parental | parental | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 affection | amod |
| 2 | affection | affection | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 withdrawn | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 withdrawn | aux:pass |
| 4 | withdrawn | withdraw | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 proportion | case |
| 6 | proportion | proportion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 withdrawn | obl |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 offence | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 offence | det |
| 9 | offence | offence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 withdrawn | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | withdraw | present · passive | Parental affection | proportion | to the offence | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
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