Exam question 4 · Age ratings, scary films and choosing what to watch
Ascertain the measure most likely to diminish distress following the viewing of a frightening film.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, distress · What happens: ascertain, diminish, follow · To what, where: measure, distress, viewing
This is exam question 4 of lesson 26 «Age ratings, scary films and choosing what to watch» of the arts 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 measure | det |
| 3 | measure | measure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Ascertain | obj |
| 4 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 5 likely | advmod |
| 5 | likely | likely | ADV | _ | 1 Ascertain | advmod |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 diminish | mark |
| 7 | diminish | diminish | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Ascertain | advcl |
| 8 | distress | distress | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 diminish | obj |
| 9 | following | follow | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 8 distress | acl |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 viewing | det |
| 11 | viewing | viewing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 following | obj |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 film | case |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 film | det |
| 14 | frightening | frightening | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 film | amod |
| 15 | film | film | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 viewing | nmod |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Ascertain | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ascertain | imperative | you not said here | the measure | likely property | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent measure=Topic | |||
| 2 | diminish | to-infinitive | you not said here | distress | vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Causer distress=Patient | ||||
| 3 | follow | gerund | distress not said here | the viewing of a frightening film | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent viewing=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 avoidance of sleep for the entire night
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 avoidance | det |
| 2 | avoidance | avoidance | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 sleep | case |
| 4 | sleep | sleep | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 avoidance | nmod |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 night | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 night | det |
| 7 | entire | entire | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 night | amod |
| 8 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 avoidance | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | avoid | sleep | for the entire night | nom avoidance «act transitive»: of=patient for=obl |
Option 2
The concealment of the distress from all persons
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 concealment | det |
| 2 | concealment | concealment | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 distress | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 distress | det |
| 5 | distress | distress | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 concealment | nmod |
| 6 | from | from | ADP | _ | 8 persons | case |
| 7 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 persons | det |
| 8 | persons | person | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 concealment | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | conceal | the distress | from all persons | nom concealment «state transitive»: of=patient from=obl |
Option 3
The immediate viewing of a more frightening film
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 viewing | det |
| 2 | immediate | immediate | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 viewing | amod |
| 3 | viewing | viewing | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 film | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 film | det |
| 6 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 7 frightening | advmod |
| 7 | frightening | frightening | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 film | amod |
| 8 | film | film | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 viewing | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Discussion of the film and the subsequent viewing of something amusing
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Discussion | discussion | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 film | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 film | det |
| 4 | film | film | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Discussion | nmod |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 viewing | cc |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 viewing | det |
| 7 | subsequent | subsequent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 viewing | amod |
| 8 | viewing | viewing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Discussion | conj |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 something | case |
| 10 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 8 viewing | nmod |
| 11 | amusing | amusing | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 something | amod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | discuss | the film | nom discussion «communication transitive»: of=patient |
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