Exam question 3 · Gratitude, helping at home and privacy

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the naming of three good things from the day before sleep?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris, name · To what, where: naming, three good things

This is exam question 3 of lesson 102 «Gratitude, helping at home and privacy» of the everyday 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 naming	det
10	naming	naming	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	14 things	case
12	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	14 things	nummod
13	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 things	amod
14	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 naming	nmod
15	from	from	ADP	_	17 day	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 day	det
17	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 things	nmod
18	before	before	ADP	_	19 sleep	case
19	sleep	sleep	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 day	nmod
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the naming of three good things from the day before sleep	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	name		three good things from the day before sleep		nom naming «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

It diminishes happiness by recalling the events of the day

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 diminishes	nsubj
2	diminishes	diminish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	happiness	happiness	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 diminishes	obj
4	by	by	SCONJ	_	5 recalling	mark
5	recalling	recall	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 diminishes	advcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 events	det
7	events	event	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 recalling	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 day	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 day	det
10	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 events	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	diminish	present	It	happiness					vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Causer happiness=Patient
2	recall	gerund		the events of the day					vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent event=Theme

Option 2

It is required of children by most schools

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 required	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 required	aux:pass
3	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 children	case
5	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 required	obl
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 schools	case
7	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	8 schools	amod
8	schools	school	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 required	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present · passive	most schools	It				of children	vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme subject=Precondition

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It assists sleep and increases a person's happiness

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 assists	nsubj
2	assists	assist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	sleep	sleep	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 assists	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 increases	cc
5	increases	increase	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 assists	conj
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 person	det
7	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 happiness	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 person	case
9	happiness	happiness	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 increases	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	assist	present	It	sleep					vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sleep=Beneficiary
2	increase	present		a person's happiness					vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Causer happiness=Patient

Option 4

It is of benefit only to persons of advanced 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	4 benefit	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 benefit	cop
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 benefit	case
4	benefit	benefit	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	only	only	ADV	_	7 persons	advmod
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 persons	case
7	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 benefit	nmod
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 age	case
9	advanced	advanced	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 age	amod
10	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 persons	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					of benefit; to persons of advanced age	tree rules

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