Exam question 4 · Landing on an 18 film by accident: how it happens and how…

Ascertain the course of action which most readily alleviates the distress occasioned by an accidental viewing.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: ascertain, alleviate, occasion · To what, where: course, action, distress

This is exam question 4 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 course	det
3	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 action	case
5	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 course	nmod
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 alleviates	obj
7	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	8 readily	advmod
8	readily	readily	ADV	_	9 alleviates	advmod
9	alleviates	alleviate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 action	acl:relcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 distress	det
11	distress	distress	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 alleviates	obj
12	occasioned	occasion	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 distress	acl
13	by	by	ADP	_	16 viewing	case
14	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 viewing	det
15	accidental	accidental	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 viewing	amod
16	viewing	viewing	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 occasioned	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the course of action		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent course=Topic
2	alleviate	present		action	readily property	tree rules
3	occasion	participle		the distress not said here	by a accidental viewing	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 · ← Mova's choice

Seeking out the remainder of the material

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Seeking	seek	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	out	out	ADP	_	1 Seeking	compound:prt
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 remainder	det
4	remainder	remainder	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Seeking	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 material	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 material	det
7	material	material	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 remainder	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	seek out	gerund		the remainder of the material					vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent remainder=Theme

Option 2

Abstaining from all television permanently

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Abstaining	abstain	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	from	from	ADP	_	4 television	case
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 television	det
4	television	television	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Abstaining	obl
5	permanently	permanently	ADV	_	1 Abstaining	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	abstain	gerund				all television		permanently property	vn refrain-69 «NP V PP.theme S_ING»: agent=Agent from television=Eventuality

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Informing a trusted adult of the incident

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Informing	inform	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 adult	det
3	trusted	trust	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 adult	amod
4	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Informing	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 incident	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 incident	det
7	incident	incident	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 adult	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	inform speech: other	gerund			a trusted adult of the incident				vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient
2	trust	participle							vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Concealing the incident from all persons

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Concealing	conceal	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 incident	det
3	incident	incident	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Concealing	obj
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 persons	case
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 persons	det
6	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Concealing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conceal	gerund		the incident				from all persons	vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent incident=Patient from person=Beneficiary

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