Exam question 4 · Spoiling and losing things

State the consequence most commonly associated with the destruction of one's own possessions in anger.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, one · What happens: state, associate, destroy, possess · To what, where: consequence, own possessions, anger

This is exam question 4 of lesson 361 «Spoiling and losing things» 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	State	state	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 consequence	det
3	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 State	obj
4	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	5 commonly	advmod
5	commonly	commonly	ADV	_	6 associated	advmod
6	associated	associate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 consequence	acl
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 destruction	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 destruction	det
9	destruction	destruction	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 associated	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	14 possessions	case
11	one	one	PRON	Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 possessions	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 one	case
13	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 possessions	amod
14	possessions	possession	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 destruction	nmod
15	in	in	ADP	_	16 anger	case
16	anger	anger	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 possessions	nmod
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 State	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	state speech: other	imperative	you not said here	the consequence			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent consequence=Topic
2	associate	participle		the consequence not said here		with the destruction of one's own possessions in anger; commonly property	vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Patient with destruction=Co-Patient
3	destroy			one's own possessions in anger			nom destruction «act transitive»: of=patient
4	possess		one		anger		nom possession «act transitive»: poss=agent in=place

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 · ✓ the right answer

The person is deprived of them once calm returns

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 person	det
2	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 deprived	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 deprived	aux:pass
4	deprived	deprive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 them	case
6	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 deprived	obl
7	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	4 deprived	advmod
8	calm	calm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 returns	amod
9	returns	return	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 deprived	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	deprive	present · passive		the person				of them = they; once property	tree rules

Option 2

No consequence follows

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	2 consequence	det
2	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 follows	nsubj
3	follows	follow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	present	no consequence						vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

The possessions are replaced by the parent without any cost to the child

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 possessions	det
2	possessions	possession	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 replaced	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 replaced	aux:pass
4	replaced	replace	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 parent	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 parent	det
7	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 replaced	obl
8	without	without	ADP	_	10 cost	case
9	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	10 cost	det
10	cost	cost	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 replaced	obl
11	to	to	ADP	_	13 child	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 child	det
13	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 replaced	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	replace	present · passive	the parent	the possessions				without any cost; to the child	vn substitute-13.6.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme subject=Co-Theme

Option 4

The anger is permanently cured

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 anger	det
2	anger	anger	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cured	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 cured	aux:pass
4	permanently	permanently	ADV	_	5 cured	advmod
5	cured	cure	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cure	present · passive		the anger				permanently property	vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Source

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