Exam question 2 · Sam is scared: fear is normal

Identify the principal physiological manifestations of fear as observed in the pupil hereinafter referred to as Sam.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, observe, refer, manifest · To what, where: principal physiological manifestations, fear

This is exam question 2 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 manifestations	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 manifestations	amod
4	physiological	physiological	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 manifestations	amod
5	manifestations	manifestation	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Identify	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 fear	case
7	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 manifestations	nmod
8	as	as	SCONJ	_	9 observed	mark
9	observed	observe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 referred	advcl
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 pupil	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 pupil	det
12	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 observed	obl
13	hereinafter	hereinafter	ADV	_	14 referred	advmod
14	referred	refer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Identify	parataxis
15	to	to	ADP	_	14 referred	obl
16	as	as	ADP	_	17 Sam	case
17	Sam	Sam	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 referred	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal physiological manifestations of fear		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent manifestation=Theme
2	observe	participle			in the pupil	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	refer	past			as Sam; hereinafter property	vn relate-86.2-2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme
4	manifest			fear		nom manifestation «event 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

A reduction in heart rate together with marked drowsiness

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 reduction	det
2	reduction	reduction	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 rate	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 heart	case
4	heart	heart	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reduction	nmod
5	rate	rate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	together	together	ADV	_	5 rate	advmod
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 drowsiness	case
8	marked	mark	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 drowsiness	amod
9	drowsiness	drowsiness	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 rate	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rate	present	a reduction in heart					with marked drowsiness; together property	vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
2	mark	participle							vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

An accelerated heartbeat and a tightened stomach

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 heartbeat	det
2	accelerated	accelerate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 heartbeat	amod
3	heartbeat	heartbeat	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 stomach	cc
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 stomach	det
6	tightened	tighten	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 stomach	amod
7	stomach	stomach	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 heartbeat	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	accelerate	participle							vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	tighten	participle							vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 3

Improved concentration upon reading matter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Improved	improve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 concentration	amod
2	concentration	concentration	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	upon	upon	SCONJ	_	4 reading	mark
4	reading	read	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 concentration	acl
5	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 reading	obj

#	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
2	read	gerund	Improved concentration not said here	matter					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent matter=Topic

Option 4

An increase in appetite and calmness

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 increase	det
2	increase	increase	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 appetite	case
4	appetite	appetite	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 increase	nmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 calmness	cc
6	calmness	calmness	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 increase	conj

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

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