Exam question 4 · Your uh-oh feeling

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the physical effects of fear.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, response, established facts · What happens: select, be, establish, concern, effect · To what, where: response, physical effects, fear

This is exam question 4 of lesson 19 «Your uh-oh feeling» 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	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	10 facts	acl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 effects	det
13	physical	physical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 effects	amod
14	effects	effect	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 concerning	obj
15	of	of	ADP	_	16 fear	case
16	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 effects	nmod
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	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; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the physical effects of fear		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus effect=Experiencer
5	effect			fear		nom effect «phenomenon 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 · ✓ the right answer

The heart beats faster, breathing quickens and the muscles prepare for movement

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 heart	det
2	heart	heart	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 beats	nsubj
3	beats	beat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	faster	fast	ADV	Degree=Cmp	3 beats	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 quickens	punct
6	breathing	breathing	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 quickens	nsubj
7	quickens	quicken	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 beats	conj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 prepare	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 muscles	det
10	muscles	muscle	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 prepare	nsubj
11	prepare	prepare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 beats	conj
12	for	for	ADP	_	13 movement	case
13	movement	movement	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 prepare	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	beat	present	the heart	fast property	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	quicken	present	breathing		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
3	prepare	present	the muscles	for movement	vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for movement=Beneficiary

Option 2

The heart slows considerably and the muscles become entirely relaxed and limp

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 heart	det
2	heart	heart	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 slows	nsubj
3	slows	slow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	considerably	considerably	ADV	_	3 slows	advmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 become	cc
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 muscles	det
7	muscles	muscle	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 become	nsubj
8	become	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 slows	conj
9	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	10 relaxed	advmod
10	relaxed	relaxed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 become	xcomp
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 limp	cc
12	limp	limp	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 relaxed	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	slow	present	the heart					considerably property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	become	present	the muscles					relaxed property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

Option 3

Breathing ceases until the danger has passed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Breathing	breathing	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ceases	nsubj
2	ceases	cease	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	until	until	SCONJ	_	7 passed	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 danger	det
5	danger	danger	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 passed	nsubj:pass
6	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 passed	aux
7	passed	pass	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 ceases	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cease	present	Breathing						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	pass	present · perfect · passive		the danger					vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: subject=Trajectory

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

No change in the body is produced by fear

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	2 change	det
2	change	change	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 produced	nsubj:pass
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 body	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 body	det
5	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 change	nmod
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 produced	aux:pass
7	produced	produce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	by	by	ADP	_	9 fear	case
9	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 produced	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	produce	present · passive	fear	no change in the body					vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Result

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