Exam question 1 · What everyone learned about fights
Identify the principal reason for which a pupil's fear of a particular location diminished over the course of a summer.
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, pupil · What happens: identify, diminish, fear · To what, where: principal reason, particular location, course
This is exam question 1 of lesson 395 «What everyone learned about fights» 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 | 4 reason | det |
| 3 | principal | principal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 reason | amod |
| 4 | reason | reason | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Identify | obj |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 which | case |
| 6 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 10 fear | obl |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 pupil | det |
| 8 | pupil | pupil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 fear | nmod:poss |
| 9 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 8 pupil | case |
| 10 | fear | fear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 reason | nmod |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 location | case |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 location | det |
| 13 | particular | particular | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 location | amod |
| 14 | location | location | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 fear | nmod |
| 15 | diminished | diminish | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 14 location | acl |
| 16 | over | over | ADP | _ | 18 course | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 course | det |
| 18 | course | course | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 diminished | obl |
| 19 | of | of | ADP | _ | 21 summer | case |
| 20 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 21 summer | det |
| 21 | summer | summer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 course | nmod |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Identify | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | identify | imperative | you not said here | the principal reason a pupil's fear of a particular location | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme | ||||
| 2 | diminish | participle | a particular location not said here | the course of a summer | vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 3 | fear | a pupil | a particular location | nom fear «feeling transitive»: poss=agent 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
The location was permanently closed
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 location | det |
| 2 | location | location | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 closed | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 closed | aux:pass |
| 4 | permanently | permanently | ADV | _ | 5 closed | advmod |
| 5 | closed | close | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | close | past · passive | the location | permanently property | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
Option 2
The pupil grew in stature sufficiently to deter others from approaching
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 pupil | det |
| 2 | pupil | pupil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 grew | nsubj |
| 3 | grew | grow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 stature | case |
| 5 | stature | stature | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 grew | obl |
| 6 | sufficiently | sufficiently | ADV | _ | 3 grew | advmod |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 deter | mark |
| 8 | deter | deter | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 grew | advcl |
| 9 | others | other | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 deter | obj |
| 10 | from | from | SCONJ | _ | 11 approaching | mark |
| 11 | approaching | approach | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 8 deter | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grow | past | the pupil | stature | sufficiently property | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in stature=Location | |||
| 2 | deter | to-infinitive | the pupil not said here | others | vn discourage-64.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer other=Eventuality | ||||
| 3 | approach | gerund | the pupil not said here | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
The pupil prevailed in a fight at that location
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 pupil | det |
| 2 | pupil | pupil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 prevailed | nsubj |
| 3 | prevailed | prevail | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 fight | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 fight | det |
| 6 | fight | fight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 prevailed | obl |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 location | case |
| 8 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 9 location | det |
| 9 | location | location | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 prevailed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | prevail | past | the pupil | a fight | at that location | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in fight=Location |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The pupil confronted the fear repeatedly with the support of others
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 pupil | det |
| 2 | pupil | pupil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 confronted | nsubj |
| 3 | confronted | confront | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 fear | det |
| 5 | fear | fear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 confronted | obj |
| 6 | repeatedly | repeatedly | ADV | _ | 3 confronted | advmod |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 support | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 support | det |
| 9 | support | support | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 confronted | obl |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 others | case |
| 11 | others | other | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 support | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | confront | past | the pupil | the fear | with the support of others; repeatedly property | vn confront-98 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent fear=Theme with support=Instrument | |||
| 2 | support | others | nom support «act transitive»: of=patient |
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