Exam question 1 · Sadness, jealousy, boredom, pride and brothers and sisters

Identify the condition which may be characterised as the illness called depression.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, illness · What happens: identify, characteris, call · To what, where: condition, depression · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 1 of lesson 213 «Sadness, jealousy, boredom, pride and brothers and sisters» 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	3 condition	det
3	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 characterised	nsubj:pass
5	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 characterised	aux
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 characterised	aux:pass
7	characterised	characteris	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 condition	acl:relcl
8	as	as	ADP	_	10 illness	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 illness	det
10	illness	illness	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 characterised	obl
11	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 illness	acl
12	depression	depression	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 called	xcomp
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the condition		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent condition=Theme
2	characteris	may · passive		the condition	as the illness	tree rules
3	call	participle	the illness not said here	depression		vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

Anger felt upon losing a game

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Anger	anger	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 felt	nsubj
2	felt	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	upon	upon	SCONJ	_	4 losing	mark
4	losing	lose	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 felt	advcl
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 game	det
6	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 losing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feel	past	Anger						vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
2	lose	gerund	Anger not said here	a game					vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Eventuality

Option 2

Boredom on a single rainy day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Boredom	boredom	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	on	on	ADP	_	6 day	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 day	det
4	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 day	amod
5	rainy	rainy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 day	amod
6	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Boredom	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

Sadness lasting a few minutes after a defeat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sadness	sadness	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	lasting	last	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Sadness	acl
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 minutes	det
4	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 minutes	amod
5	minutes	minute	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 lasting	obj
6	after	after	ADP	_	8 defeat	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 defeat	det
8	defeat	defeat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lasting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	last	gerund	Sadness not said here				after a defeat; minute		vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Sadness lasting many days with loss of interest in things once loved

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sadness	sadness	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 loved	nsubj:pass
2	lasting	last	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Sadness	acl
3	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 days	amod
4	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 lasting	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 loss	case
6	loss	loss	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lasting	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 interest	case
8	interest	interest	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 loss	nmod
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 things	case
10	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 interest	nmod
11	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	12 loved	advmod
12	loved	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	last	gerund	Sadness not said here				day	with loss of interest in things	vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme
2	love	past · passive		Sadness				once property	vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus

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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