Exam question 4 · Nightmares after a scary game

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning a child who, upon disclosure of a frightening image to a trusted adult, finds the fear diminished.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts, fear · What happens: select, establish, concern, trust, find, diminish · To what, where: response, child, frightening image · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 4 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 child	det
11	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 child	appos
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 disclosure	punct
14	upon	upon	ADP	_	15 disclosure	case
15	disclosure	disclosure	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 who	appos
16	of	of	ADP	_	19 image	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 image	det
18	frightening	frightening	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 image	amod
19	image	image	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 disclosure	nmod
20	to	to	ADP	_	23 adult	case
21	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	23 adult	det
22	trusted	trust	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	23 adult	amod
23	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 image	nmod
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 finds	punct
25	finds	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Select	parataxis
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 fear	det
27	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 diminished	nsubj
28	diminished	diminish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	25 finds	ccomp
29	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	a child		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus child=Experiencer
4	trust	participle				vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
5	find	present				vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
6	diminish	past	the fear			vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
7	disclose			a frightening image to a trusted adult		nom disclosure «communication 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 · ✓ the right answer

Discussing a fear with a trusted adult commonly reduces it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Discussing	discuss	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 reduces	csubj
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 fear	det
3	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Discussing	obj
4	with	with	ADP	_	7 adult	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 adult	det
6	trusted	trust	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 adult	amod
7	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Discussing	obl
8	commonly	commonly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 adult	amod
9	reduces	reduce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 reduces	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	discuss speech: other	gerund		a fear	with a trusted adult	vn chit_chat-37.6-1 «NP V NP PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent fear=Topic with adult=Co-Agent
2	trust	participle				vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	reduce	present	Discussing	fear		vn limit-76 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer it=Patient

Option 2

Fear can be reduced only by further exposure to the frightening images

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 reduced	nsubj:pass
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 reduced	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 reduced	aux:pass
4	reduced	reduce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	only	only	ADV	_	8 exposure	advmod
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 exposure	case
7	further	further	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 exposure	amod
8	exposure	exposure	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 reduced	obl:agent
9	to	to	ADP	_	12 images	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 images	det
11	frightening	frightening	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 images	amod
12	images	image	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 reduced	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reduce	can · passive	further exposure	Fear				to the frightening images goal	vn limit-76 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Causer subject=Patient to image=Goal

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Disclosure invariably intensifies fear in the child

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Disclosure	disclosure	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 intensifies	nsubj
2	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	3 intensifies	advmod
3	intensifies	intensify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 intensifies	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 child	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 child	det
7	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 intensifies	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	intensify	present	Disclosure	fear				in the child; invariably property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent fear=Patient

Option 4

Disclosure is of no effect whatsoever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Disclosure	disclosure	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 effect	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 effect	cop
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 effect	case
4	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 effect	det
5	effect	effect	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	5 effect	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Disclosure					of no effect; whatsoever property	tree rules

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