Exam question 4 · Family changes and grief
Ascertain the bodily signs that may arise in children who conceal their grief.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, bodily signs, children · What happens: ascertain, arise, conceal · To what, where: bodily signs, grief
This is exam question 4 of lesson 214 «Family changes and grief» 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 | Ascertain | ascertain | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 signs | det |
| 3 | bodily | bodily | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 signs | amod |
| 4 | signs | sign | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Ascertain | obj |
| 5 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 arise | nsubj |
| 6 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 arise | aux |
| 7 | arise | arise | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 signs | acl:relcl |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 children | case |
| 9 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 arise | obl |
| 10 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 11 conceal | nsubj |
| 11 | conceal | conceal | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 children | acl:relcl |
| 12 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 grief | nmod:poss |
| 13 | grief | grief | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 conceal | obj |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Ascertain | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ascertain | imperative | you not said here | the bodily signs | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sign=Topic | ||||
| 2 | arise | may | the bodily signs | in children | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in child=Location | ||||
| 3 | conceal | present | children | children's grief | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grief=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
Improved appetite, longer sleep and a cheerful manner
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Improved | improve | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 appetite | amod |
| 2 | appetite | appetite | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 sleep | punct |
| 4 | longer | long | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 5 sleep | amod |
| 5 | sleep | sleep | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 appetite | conj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 manner | cc |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 manner | det |
| 8 | cheerful | cheerful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 manner | amod |
| 9 | manner | manner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 appetite | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | improve | participle | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Headaches, stomach aches or difficulty in sleeping
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Headaches | headache | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 aches | punct |
| 3 | stomach | stomach | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 aches | compound |
| 4 | aches | ache | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Headaches | conj |
| 5 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 6 difficulty | cc |
| 6 | difficulty | difficulty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Headaches | conj |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 sleeping | case |
| 8 | sleeping | sleeping | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 difficulty | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
No signs whatsoever in any child
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 2 signs | det |
| 2 | signs | sign | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | whatsoever | whatsoever | ADV | _ | 2 signs | advmod |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 child | case |
| 5 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 6 child | det |
| 6 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 signs | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
Faster growth and stronger muscles
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Faster | fast | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 2 growth | amod |
| 2 | growth | growth | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 muscles | cc |
| 4 | stronger | strong | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 5 muscles | amod |
| 5 | muscles | muscle | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 growth | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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