Exam question 1 · Sam is scared: fear is normal

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the emotion of fear in children of primary school age?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris, emote · To what, where: emotion, fear

This is exam question 1 of lesson 366 «Sam is scared: fear is normal» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 emotion	det
10	emotion	emotion	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 fear	case
12	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 emotion	nmod
13	in	in	ADP	_	14 children	case
14	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 fear	nmod
15	of	of	ADP	_	18 age	case
16	primary	primary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 age	amod
17	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 age	compound
18	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 children	nmod
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the emotion of fear in children of primary school age	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	emote		fear in children of primary school age		nom emotion «feeling 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

It is confined to children who are unwell or otherwise of a nervous disposition

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 confined	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 confined	aux:pass
3	confined	confine	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 children	case
5	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 confined	obl
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 unwell	nsubj
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 unwell	cop
8	unwell	unwell	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 children	acl:relcl
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 otherwise	cc
10	otherwise	otherwise	ADV	_	8 unwell	conj
11	of	of	ADP	_	14 disposition	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 disposition	det
13	nervous	nervous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 disposition	amod
14	disposition	disposition	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 otherwise	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	confine	present · passive		It	children				vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to child=Destination
2	is	present	children					unwell property	tree rules

Option 2

It is an indication of deficient character

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 indication	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 indication	cop
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 indication	det
4	indication	indication	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 character	case
6	deficient	deficient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 character	amod
7	character	character	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 indication	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a indication				of deficient character	tree rules

Option 3

It is absent in those of a courageous disposition

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 absent	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 absent	cop
3	absent	absent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 those	case
5	those	that	PRON	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	3 absent	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 disposition	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 disposition	det
8	courageous	courageous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 disposition	amod
9	disposition	disposition	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 those	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It			those		absent property	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It is a normal response experienced by every person

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 response	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 response	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 response	det
4	normal	normal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 response	amod
5	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	experienced	experience	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 response	acl
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 person	case
8	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	9 person	det
9	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 experienced	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a normal response					tree rules
2	experience	participle		a normal response not said here				by every person	vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer

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