Exam question 4 · What fights cost at home
Ascertain the most probable reason for which the younger sibling of a habitual fighter becomes distressed upon the latter's return home.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, latter · What happens: ascertain, distress, return · To what, where: probable reason, younger sibling
This is exam question 4 of lesson 376 «What fights cost at home» 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 | 5 reason | det |
| 3 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 4 probable | advmod |
| 4 | probable | probable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 reason | amod |
| 5 | reason | reason | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Ascertain | obj |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 which | case |
| 7 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 16 distressed | obl |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 sibling | det |
| 9 | younger | young | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 10 sibling | amod |
| 10 | sibling | sibling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 distressed | nsubj:pass |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 fighter | case |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 fighter | det |
| 13 | habitual | habitual | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 fighter | compound |
| 14 | fighter | fighter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 sibling | nmod |
| 15 | becomes | become | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 distressed | aux:pass |
| 16 | distressed | distress | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 reason | acl:relcl |
| 17 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 21 return | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 latter | det |
| 19 | latter | latter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 return | nmod:poss |
| 20 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 19 latter | case |
| 21 | return | return | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 distressed | obl |
| 22 | home | home | ADV | _ | 16 distressed | advmod |
| 23 | . | . | 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 probable reason | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Topic | ||||
| 2 | distress | present · passive | the younger sibling of a habitual fighter | for the probable reason; upon the latter's return; home property | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | ||||
| 3 | return | the latter | nom return «communication intransitive»: poss=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 · ← Mova's choice
Indifference to the sibling's welfare
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indifference | Indifference | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 welfare | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 sibling | det |
| 4 | sibling | sibling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 welfare | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 sibling | case |
| 6 | welfare | welfare | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Indifference | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
Displeasure at a delayed mealtime
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Displeasure | displeasure | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | at | at | ADP | _ | 5 mealtime | case |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 mealtime | det |
| 4 | delayed | delayed | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 mealtime | amod |
| 5 | mealtime | mealtime | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Displeasure | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Fear and concern occasioned by visible injuries to a loved one
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fear | fear | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 concern | cc |
| 3 | concern | concern | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Fear | conj |
| 4 | occasioned | occasion | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Fear | acl |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 7 injuries | case |
| 6 | visible | visible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 injuries | amod |
| 7 | injuries | injury | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 occasioned | obl |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 one | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 one | det |
| 10 | loved | love | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 one | amod |
| 11 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 occasioned | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | occasion | participle | Fear and concern not said here | a loved one | by visible injuries | tree rules | |||
| 2 | love | participle | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 4
Envy of the injuries sustained by the elder sibling in the course of the fight
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Envy | envy | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 injuries | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 injuries | det |
| 4 | injuries | injury | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Envy | nmod |
| 5 | sustained | sustain | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 injuries | acl |
| 6 | by | by | ADP | _ | 9 sibling | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 sibling | det |
| 8 | elder | elder | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 sibling | amod |
| 9 | sibling | sibling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 sustained | obl |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 course | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 course | det |
| 12 | course | course | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 sustained | obl |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 fight | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 fight | det |
| 15 | fight | fight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 course | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sustain | participle | the injuries not said here | the course of the fight | by the elder sibling | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent | |||
| 2 | envy | the injuries | nom envy «feeling transitive»: of=patient |
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