Exam question 3 · Nightmares after a scary game

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises an abdominal pain arising whenever a feared activity is proposed?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: abdominal pain · What happens: follow, characteris, arise, fear, propose · To what, where: abdominal pain, feared activity

This is exam question 3 of lesson 402 «Nightmares after a scary game» 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	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 pain	det
10	abdominal	abdominal	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 pain	compound
11	pain	pain	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
12	arising	arise	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 pain	acl
13	whenever	whenever	SCONJ	_	18 proposed	mark
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 activity	det
15	feared	fear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 activity	amod
16	activity	activity	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 proposed	nsubj:pass
17	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 proposed	aux:pass
18	proposed	propose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 arising	advcl
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		a abdominal pain	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	arise	gerund	a abdominal pain not said here			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	fear	participle				vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
5	propose	present · passive		a feared activity		vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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 invariably caused by food eaten beforehand

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 caused	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 caused	aux:pass
3	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	4 caused	advmod
4	caused	cause	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 food	case
6	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 caused	obl
7	eaten	eat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 food	acl
8	beforehand	beforehand	ADV	_	7 eaten	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	present · passive		It				by food; invariably property	vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	eat	participle		food not said here				beforehand property	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

It indicates an allergy to the activity

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	2 indicates	nsubj
2	indicates	indicate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 allergy	det
4	allergy	allergy	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 indicates	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 activity	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 activity	det
7	activity	activity	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 indicates	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	indicate	present	It	a allergy				to the activity	vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot allergy=Topic

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It may be a physical manifestation of anxiety

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	6 manifestation	nsubj
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 manifestation	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 manifestation	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 manifestation	det
5	physical	physical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 manifestation	amod
6	manifestation	manifestation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 anxiety	case
8	anxiety	anxiety	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 manifestation	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	may	It	a physical manifestation				of anxiety	tree rules

Option 4

It is necessarily feigned

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 feigned	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 feigned	aux:pass
3	necessarily	necessarily	ADV	_	4 feigned	advmod
4	feigned	feign	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feign	present · passive		It				necessarily property	vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

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