Exam question 2 · Shouty parents and bad days

Identify the principal distinction drawn in the lesson between forms of shouting.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, draw, form · To what, where: principal distinction, lesson, shouting

This is exam question 2 of lesson 494 «Shouty parents and bad days» 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 distinction	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 distinction	amod
4	distinction	distinction	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	drawn	draw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 distinction	acl
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 lesson	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 lesson	det
8	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 drawn	obl
9	between	between	ADP	_	10 forms	case
10	forms	form	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 lesson	nmod
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 shouting	case
12	shouting	shouting	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 forms	nmod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal distinction		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent distinction=Theme
2	draw	participle		the principal distinction not said here	the lesson between forms of shouting	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in lesson=Destination
3	form			shouting		nom form «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 · ← Mova's choice

Shouting is acceptable only when directed at one's own children at home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shouting	shouting	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 acceptable	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 acceptable	cop
3	acceptable	acceptable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	only	only	ADV	_	6 directed	advmod
5	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	6 directed	advmod
6	directed	direct	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 acceptable	advcl
7	at	at	ADP	_	11 children	case
8	one	one	PRON	Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 children	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 one	case
10	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 children	amod
11	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 directed	obl
12	at	at	ADP	_	13 home	case
13	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 directed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Shouting					acceptable property	tree rules
2	direct	participle	Shouting not said here			home		at one's own children	vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.theme PP.predicate»: agent=Agent at child=Eventuality

Option 2

All shouting is identical in its cause, its object and its effect

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	All	all	DET	PronType=Tot	2 shouting	det
2	shouting	shouting	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 identical	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 identical	cop
4	identical	identical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 cause	case
6	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 cause	nmod:poss
7	cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 identical	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 object	punct
9	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 object	nmod:poss
10	object	object	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cause	nmod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 effect	cc
12	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 effect	nmod:poss
13	effect	effect	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cause	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	is	present	all shouting	shouting's cause shouting's object and shouting's effect	identical property	tree rules
2	cause		shouting			nom cause «event transitive»: poss=agent
3	effect		shouting			nom effect «phenomenon transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Shouting at a match or about mess differs from anger turned on people

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shouting	shout	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 differs	csubj
2	at	at	ADP	_	4 match	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 match	det
4	match	match	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Shouting	obl
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 mess	cc
6	about	about	ADP	_	7 mess	case
7	mess	mess	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 match	conj
8	differs	differ	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	from	from	ADP	_	10 anger	case
10	anger	anger	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 differs	obl
11	turned	turn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 anger	acl
12	on	on	ADP	_	13 people	case
13	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 turned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	gerund			a match or mess		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	differ	present	Shouting			from anger	vn differ-23.4 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme from anger=Co-Theme
3	turn	participle		anger not said here		on people	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme on people=Trajectory

Option 4

Shouting at a match is invariably more dangerous than other shouting

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shouting	shout	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 dangerous	csubj
2	at	at	ADP	_	4 match	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 match	det
4	match	match	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Shouting	obl
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 dangerous	cop
6	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	7 more	advmod
7	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	8 dangerous	advmod
8	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
9	than	than	ADP	_	11 shouting	case
10	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 shouting	amod
11	shouting	shouting	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 dangerous	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	gerund				a match			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	Shouting					than other shouting; dangerous property	tree rules

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