Exam question 1 · A sibling with a disability or illness, a sibling who left…

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a meltdown experienced by an autistic child in a brightly lit shop?

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

This is exam question 1 of lesson 506 «A sibling with a disability or illness, a sibling who left home» 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	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 meltdown	det
10	meltdown	meltdown	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	experienced	experience	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 meltdown	acl
12	by	by	ADP	_	15 child	case
13	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 child	det
14	autistic	autistic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 child	amod
15	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 experienced	obl
16	in	in	ADP	_	20 shop	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 shop	det
18	brightly	brightly	ADV	_	19 lit	advmod
19	lit	lit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	20 shop	amod
20	shop	shop	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 child	nmod
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	a meltdown	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	experience	participle	a meltdown not said here	by a autistic child in a lit shop	vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer
4	lit	participle		brightly 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 deliberate attempt to obtain confectionery from the parent

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 attempt	det
2	deliberate	deliberate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 attempt	amod
3	attempt	attempt	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 obtain	mark
5	obtain	obtain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 attempt	acl
6	confectionery	confectionery	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 obtain	obj
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 parent	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 parent	det
9	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 obtain	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	obtain	to-infinitive		confectionery				from the parent	vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent confectionery=Theme from parent=Source

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

A response to too much noise and light for the brain

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 response	det
2	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	6 noise	mark
4	too	too	ADV	_	5 much	advmod
5	much	much	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 noise	amod
6	noise	noise	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 response	conj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 light	cc
8	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 noise	conj
9	for	for	ADP	_	11 brain	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 brain	det
11	brain	brain	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 response	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

A sign that the child requires considerably stricter discipline

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 sign	det
2	sign	sign	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 requires	nsubj
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	5 child	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 child	det
5	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sign	acl
6	requires	require	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	considerably	considerably	ADV	_	8 stricter	advmod
8	stricter	strict	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	9 discipline	amod
9	discipline	discipline	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 requires	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present	a sign	stricter discipline					vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme discipline=Precondition

Option 4

A condition liable to be transmitted to nearby shoppers

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	liable	liable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 condition	amod
4	to	to	PART	_	6 transmitted	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 transmitted	aux:pass
6	transmitted	transmit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 condition	acl
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 shoppers	case
8	nearby	nearby	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 shoppers	amod
9	shoppers	shopper	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 transmitted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	transmit	to-infinitive · passive				nearby shoppers			vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: to shopper=Destination

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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