Exam question 4 · Blocking, muting and walking away

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning a child who experiences intense anger whilst playing a game.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts, child · What happens: select, establish, concern, experience, play · To what, where: response, child, intense anger, game

This is exam question 4 of lesson 481 «Blocking, muting and walking away» 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	13 experiences	nsubj
13	experiences	experience	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 child	acl:relcl
14	intense	intense	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 anger	amod
15	anger	anger	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 experiences	obj
16	whilst	whilst	SCONJ	_	17 playing	mark
17	playing	play	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 experiences	advcl
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 game	det
19	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 playing	obj
20	.	.	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	experience	present	a child	intense anger		vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer anger=Stimulus
5	play	gerund	a child not said here	a game		vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=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 · ✓ the right answer

Withdrawal from the screen and physical activity assist in dissipating it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Withdrawal	withdrawal	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	from	from	ADP	_	4 screen	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 screen	det
4	screen	screen	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Withdrawal	nmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 assist	cc
6	physical	physical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 assist	amod
7	activity	activity	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 assist	compound
8	assist	assist	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Withdrawal	conj
9	in	in	SCONJ	_	10 dissipating	mark
10	dissipating	dissipate	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Withdrawal	acl
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 dissipating	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dissipate	gerund	Withdrawal from the screen and physical activity assist not said here	assist					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient

Option 2

Continued play invariably reduces the anger

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Continued	continue	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 play	amod
2	play	play	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 reduces	nsubj
3	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	4 reduces	advmod
4	reduces	reduce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 anger	det
6	anger	anger	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 reduces	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	continue	participle							vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	reduce	present	Continued play	the anger				invariably property	vn limit-76 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer anger=Patient

Option 3

Anger of this kind cannot be relieved

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Anger	anger	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 relieved	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 kind	case
3	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 kind	det
4	kind	kind	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Anger	nmod
5	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 relieved	aux
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 relieved	advmod
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 relieved	cop
8	relieved	relieved	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is	can	Anger of this kind					relieved property	tree rules
2	anger		this kind						nom anger «feeling intransitive»: of=agent

Option 4

The striking of objects is a harmless and recommended remedy for such anger

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 striking	det
2	striking	striking	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 remedy	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 objects	case
4	objects	object	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 striking	nmod
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 remedy	cop
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 remedy	det
7	harmless	harmless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 remedy	amod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 recommended	cc
9	recommended	recommend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 harmless	conj
10	remedy	remedy	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
11	for	for	ADP	_	13 anger	case
12	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 anger	amod
13	anger	anger	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 remedy	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	recommend	participle	the striking of objects not said here			vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	the striking of objects	a harmless remedy	for such anger	tree rules
3	strike			objects		nom striking «event transitive»: of=patient

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