Exam question 1 · Anger and fears

Identify the principal function of early bodily signs of anger, such as a hot face.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, sign · To what, where: principal function, anger

This is exam question 1 of lesson 212 «Anger and fears» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 function	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 function	amod
4	function	function	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 signs	case
6	early	early	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 signs	amod
7	bodily	bodily	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 signs	amod
8	signs	sign	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 function	nmod
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 anger	case
10	anger	anger	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 signs	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 face	punct
12	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	16 face	case
13	as	as	ADP	_	12 such	fixed
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 face	det
15	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 face	amod
16	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 anger	conj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal function of early bodily signs of anger and a hot face					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent function=Theme
2	sign			anger and a hot face					nom sign «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

They signal that one ought to shout loudly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 signal	nsubj
2	signal	signal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 shout	mark
4	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 shout	nsubj
5	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 shout	aux
6	to	to	PART	_	7 shout	mark
7	shout	shout	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 signal	advcl
8	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	7 shout	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	signal speech: other	present	They						vn instr_communication-37.4.1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	shout speech: express	ought	one					loudly property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

They signal that one ought to pause

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 signal	nsubj
2	signal	signal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 pause	mark
4	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 pause	nsubj
5	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 pause	aux
6	to	to	PART	_	7 pause	mark
7	pause	pause	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 signal	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	signal speech: other	present	They						vn instr_communication-37.4.1 «NP V when S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	pause	ought	one						vn linger-53.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent

Option 3

They indicate that one is becoming ill

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 indicate	nsubj
2	indicate	indicate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 becoming	mark
4	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 becoming	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 becoming	aux
6	becoming	become	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 indicate	advcl
7	ill	ill	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 becoming	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	indicate	present	They						vn indicate-78-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot
2	become	present · progressive	one					ill property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

Option 4

They have no meaning of any kind whatsoever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 have	nsubj
2	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 meaning	det
4	meaning	meaning	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 have	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 kind	case
6	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	7 kind	det
7	kind	kind	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 meaning	nmod
8	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	7 kind	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	They	no meaning of any kind					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meaning=Patient
2	mean			any kind					nom meaning «communication transitive»: of=patient

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