Exam question 3 · Scary films, nightmares and sad endings

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the repeated viewing of a frightening film.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, response, established facts · What happens: select, be, establish, concern, repeat · To what, where: response, repeated viewing

This is exam question 3 of lesson 56 «Scary films, nightmares and sad endings» 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	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 consistent	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 consistent	cop
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	acl:relcl
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 facts	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 facts	det
9	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 facts	amod
10	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 consistent	obl
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 facts	acl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 viewing	det
13	repeated	repeat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 viewing	amod
14	viewing	viewing	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
15	of	of	ADP	_	18 film	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 film	det
17	frightening	frightening	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 film	amod
18	film	film	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 viewing	nmod
19	.	.	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	is	present	the response		with the established facts; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the repeated viewing of a frightening film		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus viewing=Experiencer
5	repeat	participle				vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

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 right answer

It commonly diminishes fear, the content being anticipated

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 diminishes	nsubj
2	commonly	commonly	ADV	_	3 diminishes	advmod
3	diminishes	diminish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 diminishes	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 content	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 content	det
7	content	content	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 diminishes	obl
8	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 anticipated	aux:pass
9	anticipated	anticipate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 content	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	diminish	present	It	fear				the content obl; commonly property	vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Causer fear=Patient
2	anticipate	gerund · passive		the content not said here					vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»

Option 2

It invariably augments fear on each successive occasion

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 fear	nsubj
2	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	4 fear	advmod
3	augments	augment	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 fear	nsubj
4	fear	fear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	on	on	ADP	_	8 occasion	case
6	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	8 occasion	det
7	successive	successive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 occasion	amod
8	occasion	occasion	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fear	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fear	present	It			each successive occasion		invariably property	vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3

It renders the depicted events real in the mind of the viewer

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 renders	nsubj
2	renders	render	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 events	det
4	depicted	depict	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 events	amod
5	events	event	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 renders	obj
6	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 renders	xcomp
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 mind	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 mind	det
9	mind	mind	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 real	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 viewer	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 viewer	det
12	viewer	viewer	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 mind	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	render	present	It	the depicted events	real property	vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent event=Theme
2	depict	participle				vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent
3	mind			the viewer		nom mind «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

It is prohibited for persons under eighteen years of age

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 prohibited	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 prohibited	aux:pass
3	prohibited	prohibit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 persons	case
5	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 prohibited	obl
6	under	under	ADP	_	8 years	case
7	eighteen	eighteen	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 years	nummod
8	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 prohibited	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 age	case
10	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 years	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prohibit	present · passive		It			year	for persons	vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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