Exam question 4 · The songs on everyone's phone: streaming, playlists, earwo…

Determine the most accurate characterisation of the phenomenon known as an earworm.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: determine, know, characterise · To what, where: accurate characterisation, phenomenon

This is exam question 4 of lesson 5 «The songs on everyone's phone: streaming, playlists, earworms» 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	Determine	determine	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 characterisation	det
3	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	4 accurate	advmod
4	accurate	accurate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 characterisation	amod
5	characterisation	characterisation	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Determine	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 phenomenon	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 phenomenon	det
8	phenomenon	phenomenon	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 characterisation	nmod
9	known	know	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 phenomenon	acl
10	as	as	ADP	_	12 earworm	case
11	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 earworm	det
12	earworm	earworm	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 known	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Determine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	determine	imperative	you not said here	the accurate characterisation of the phenomenon		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent characterisation=Topic
2	know	participle		the phenomenon not said here	as a earworm	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer as earworm=Attribute
3	characterise			the phenomenon		nom characterisation «communication 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

A disorder of the brain requiring medical treatment

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 disorder	det
2	disorder	disorder	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 brain	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 brain	det
5	brain	brain	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 disorder	nmod
6	requiring	require	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 disorder	acl
7	medical	medical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 treatment	amod
8	treatment	treatment	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 requiring	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	gerund	a disorder of the brain not said here	medical treatment					vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme treatment=Precondition
2	disorder			the brain					nom disorder «state transitive»: of=patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

A common and harmless involuntary recurrence of a melody in the mind

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 recurrence	det
2	common	common	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 recurrence	amod
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 harmless	cc
4	harmless	harmless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 common	conj
5	involuntary	involuntary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 recurrence	amod
6	recurrence	recurrence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 melody	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 melody	det
9	melody	melody	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 recurrence	nmod
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 mind	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 mind	det
12	mind	mind	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 melody	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	recur		a melody in the mind						nom recurrence «event intransitive»: of=agent

Option 3

A permanent impairment of the hearing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 impairment	det
2	permanent	permanent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 impairment	amod
3	impairment	impairment	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 hearing	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 hearing	det
6	hearing	hearing	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 impairment	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	impair			the hearing					nom impairment «event transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

An indication of the superior quality of the composition

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 indication	det
2	indication	indication	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 quality	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 quality	det
5	superior	superior	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 quality	amod
6	quality	quality	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 indication	nmod
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 composition	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 composition	det
9	composition	composition	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 quality	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	indicate			the superior quality of the composition					nom indication «communication transitive»: of=patient

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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