Exam question 3 · Landing on an 18 film by accident: how it happens and how…

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning images which recur in a child's mind after such an incident.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, response, concerning images, child · What happens: select, be, establish, concern, recur, mind · To what, where: response, mind

This is exam question 3 of lesson 58 «Landing on an 18 film by accident: how it happens and how it feels» 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	12 images	amod
12	images	image	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 facts	conj
13	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 recur	nsubj
14	recur	recur	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 images	acl:relcl
15	in	in	ADP	_	19 mind	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 child	det
17	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 mind	nmod:poss
18	's	's	PART	_	17 child	case
19	mind	mind	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 recur	obl
20	after	after	ADP	_	23 incident	case
21	such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	23 incident	det:predet
22	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	23 incident	det
23	incident	incident	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 recur	obl
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, 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	is	present	the response				with the established facts and concerning images; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle						vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	concern	gerund						vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
5	recur	present	concerning images		a child's mind	after such incident		vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in mind=Location
6	mind		a child					nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

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

They may be removed only by viewing the film in its entirety

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 removed	nsubj:pass
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 removed	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 removed	aux:pass
4	removed	remove	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	only	only	ADV	_	4 removed	advmod
6	by	by	SCONJ	_	7 viewing	mark
7	viewing	view	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 removed	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 film	det
9	film	film	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 viewing	obj
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 entirety	case
11	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 entirety	nmod:poss
12	entirety	entirety	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 viewing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remove	may · passive		They					vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	view	gerund		the film		film's entirety			vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer film=Stimulus

Option 2

They indicate that the child is suffering from an illness

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 indicate	nsubj
2	indicate	indicate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 suffering	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 child	det
5	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 suffering	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 suffering	aux
7	suffering	suffer	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 indicate	advcl
8	from	from	ADP	_	10 illness	case
9	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 illness	det
10	illness	illness	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 suffering	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	indicate	present	They						vn indicate-78-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot
2	suffer	present · progressive	the child			a illness			vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

They are normal, and diminish over time and with discussion

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 normal	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 normal	cop
3	normal	normal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 diminish	punct
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 diminish	cc
6	diminish	diminish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 normal	csubj
7	over	over	ADP	_	8 time	case
8	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 diminish	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 discussion	cc
10	with	with	ADP	_	11 discussion	case
11	discussion	discussion	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 time	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	They					normal property	tree rules
2	diminish	infinitive					time		vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

Option 4

They are permanent and cannot be diminished by any means

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 permanent	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 permanent	cop
3	permanent	permanent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 means	nsubj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 diminished	cc
5	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 diminished	aux
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 diminished	advmod
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 diminished	aux:pass
8	diminished	diminish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 permanent	conj
9	by	by	ADP	_	10 any	case
10	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	8 diminished	obl
11	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	They	permanent property	tree rules
2	not diminish	can · passive	They not said here	by any	vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»
3	mean	present	permanent		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=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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