Exam question 2 · Big feelings in big people

Select the response that most accurately characterises the condition of an elderly widow who states that her residence has become "very quiet".

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, most, elderly widow, residence · What happens: select, characteris, state, become, condition · To what, where: response, condition, elderly widow · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 2 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	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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 condition	det
9	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 characterises	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	13 widow	case
11	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 widow	det
12	elderly	elderly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 widow	amod
13	widow	widow	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 condition	nmod
14	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 states	nsubj
15	states	state	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 widow	acl:relcl
16	that	that	SCONJ	_	20 become	mark
17	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 residence	nmod:poss
18	residence	residence	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 become	nsubj
19	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 become	aux
20	become	become	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	15 states	ccomp
21	"	"	PUNCT	_	23 quiet	punct
22	very	very	ADV	_	23 quiet	advmod
23	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 become	xcomp
24	"	"	PUNCT	_	23 quiet	punct
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	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	the condition of a elderly widow		tree rules
3	state speech: other	present	a elderly widow			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	become	present · perfect	widow's residence		quiet property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
5	condition			a elderly widow		nom condition «state transitive»: of=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

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

She is reporting a deterioration in her hearing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 reporting	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 reporting	aux
3	reporting	report	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 deterioration	det
5	deterioration	deterioration	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reporting	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 hearing	case
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 hearing	nmod:poss
8	hearing	hearing	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reporting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	report	present · progressive	She	a deterioration		her hearing			vn prosecute-33.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent deterioration=Patient
2	hear		her = she						nom hearing «act intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

She is experiencing loneliness following her bereavement

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 experiencing	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 experiencing	aux
3	experiencing	experience	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	loneliness	loneliness	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 experiencing	obj
5	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 bereavement	case
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 bereavement	nmod:poss
7	bereavement	bereavement	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 experiencing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	experience	present · progressive	She	loneliness	follow her bereavement	vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer loneliness=Stimulus
2	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	bereave		her = she			nom bereavement «state transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

She is expressing satisfaction at reduced noise

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 expressing	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 expressing	aux
3	expressing	express	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	satisfaction	satisfaction	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 expressing	obj
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 noise	case
6	reduced	reduce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 noise	amod
7	noise	noise	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 expressing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	express	present · progressive	She	satisfaction		reduced noise			vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent satisfaction=Theme
2	reduce	participle							vn limit-76 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer

Option 4

She is complaining of the departure of her neighbours

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 complaining	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 complaining	aux
3	complaining	complain	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 departure	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 departure	det
6	departure	departure	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 complaining	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 neighbours	case
8	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 neighbours	nmod:poss
9	neighbours	neighbour	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 departure	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	complain speech: other	present · progressive	She					of the departure of her neighbours	vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	depart		her neighbours						nom departure «act intransitive»: of=agent

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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