Exam question 1 · Tired, sad or drinking parents: tell a trusted adult

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises depression?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: depression

This is exam question 1 of lesson 497 «Tired, sad or drinking parents: tell a trusted adult» 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	depression	depression	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		depression				of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules

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

A transient indisposition which resolves within a day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 indisposition	det
2	transient	transient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 indisposition	amod
3	indisposition	indisposition	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 resolves	nsubj
5	resolves	resolve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 indisposition	acl:relcl
6	within	within	ADP	_	8 day	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 day	det
8	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 resolves	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	resolve	present	a transient indisposition				day		tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

An illness occasioning prolonged sadness and fatigue

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 illness	det
2	illness	illness	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	occasioning	occasion	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 illness	acl
4	prolonged	prolong	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 sadness	amod
5	sadness	sadness	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 occasioning	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 fatigue	cc
7	fatigue	fatigue	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sadness	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	occasion	gerund	a illness not said here	prolonged sadness and fatigue					tree rules
2	prolong	participle							vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent

Option 3

A condition caused principally by the conduct of children

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 condition	det
2	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	caused	cause	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 condition	acl
4	principally	principally	ADV	_	3 caused	advmod
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 conduct	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 conduct	det
7	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 caused	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 children	case
9	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 conduct	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	participle		a condition not said here				by the conduct of children; principally property	vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition
2	conduct			children					nom conduct «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

A disposition to idleness which may be remedied by effort

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 disposition	det
2	disposition	disposition	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	4 idleness	case
4	idleness	idleness	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 disposition	nmod
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 remedied	nsubj:pass
6	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 remedied	aux
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 remedied	aux:pass
8	remedied	remedy	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 disposition	acl:relcl
9	by	by	ADP	_	10 effort	case
10	effort	effort	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 remedied	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remedy	may · passive	effort	a disposition to idleness					vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent subject=Patient

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