Exam question 2 · Lily, the calm «princess»

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the relationship between a reserved disposition and arrogance?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris, reserve · To what, where: relationship

This is exam question 2 of lesson 386 «Lily, the calm «princess»» 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 relationship	det
10	relationship	relationship	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	between	between	ADP	_	14 disposition	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 disposition	det
13	reserved	reserve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 disposition	amod
14	disposition	disposition	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 relationship	nmod
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 arrogance	cc
16	arrogance	arrogance	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 disposition	conj
17	?	?	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 relationship	of the following statements; between a reserved disposition and arrogance; accurately property	tree rules
3	reserve	participle			vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=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 · ✓ the right answer

A reserved disposition frequently arises from shyness and does not indicate arrogance

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 disposition	det
2	reserved	reserve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 disposition	amod
3	disposition	disposition	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 arises	nsubj
4	frequently	frequently	ADV	_	5 arises	advmod
5	arises	arise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	from	from	ADP	_	7 shyness	case
7	shyness	shyness	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 arises	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 indicate	cc
9	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 indicate	aux
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 indicate	advmod
11	indicate	indicate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 arises	conj
12	arrogance	arrogance	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 indicate	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	reserve	participle					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	arise	present	a reserved disposition		shyness	frequently property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	not indicate	present · do-support	a reserved disposition not said here	arrogance			vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot arrogance=Topic

Option 2

Arrogance is the sole cause of reticence in children

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Arrogance	arrogance	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cause	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 cause	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 cause	det
4	sole	sole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 cause	amod
5	cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 reticence	case
7	reticence	reticence	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cause	nmod
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 children	case
9	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 cause	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Arrogance	the sole cause				of reticence; in children	tree rules

Option 3

A reserved disposition invariably indicates arrogance towards one's peers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 disposition	det
2	reserved	reserve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 disposition	amod
3	disposition	disposition	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 indicates	nsubj
4	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	5 indicates	advmod
5	indicates	indicate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	arrogance	arrogance	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 indicates	obj
7	towards	towards	ADP	_	10 peers	case
8	one	one	PRON	Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 peers	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 one	case
10	peers	peer	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 indicates	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reserve	participle							vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	indicate	present	a reserved disposition	arrogance				towards one's peers; invariably property	vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot arrogance=Topic

Option 4

Reserved persons are incapable of courage

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Reserved	reserved	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 persons	amod
2	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 incapable	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 incapable	cop
4	incapable	incapable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 courage	case
6	courage	courage	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 incapable	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Reserved persons					of courage; incapable property	tree rules

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