Exam question 1 · Feelings and calming down

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises feelings?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: feelings

This is exam question 1 of lesson 53 «Feelings and calming down» 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	feelings	feeling	NOUN	Number=Plur	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		feelings				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 · ← Mova's choice

Uncomfortable feelings indicate illness

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Uncomfortable	uncomfortable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 feelings	amod
2	feelings	feeling	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 indicate	nsubj
3	indicate	indicate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	illness	illness	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 indicate	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	indicate	present	Uncomfortable feelings	illness					vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot illness=Topic

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

All feelings are normal, though harming another because of them is wrong

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	All	all	DET	PronType=Tot	2 feelings	det
2	feelings	feeling	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 normal	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 normal	cop
4	normal	normal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 wrong	punct
6	though	though	SCONJ	_	13 wrong	mark
7	harming	harm	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	13 wrong	csubj
8	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	7 harming	obj
9	because	because	ADP	ExtPos=ADP	11 them	case
10	of	of	ADP	_	9 because	fixed
11	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 harming	obl
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 wrong	cop
13	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 normal	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	all feelings		normal property	tree rules
2	harm	gerund		another	because feelings = feeling	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus another=Experiencer
3	is	present	harming		wrong property	tree rules

Option 3

Some feelings are forbidden and must never be felt by a well-behaved child

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	2 feelings	det
2	feelings	feeling	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 forbidden	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 forbidden	aux:pass
4	forbidden	forbid	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 felt	cc
6	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 felt	aux
7	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	9 felt	advmod
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 felt	aux:pass
9	felt	feel	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 forbidden	conj
10	by	by	ADP	_	15 child	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 child	det
12	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	14 behaved	advmod
13	-	-	PUNCT	_	12 well	punct
14	behaved	behave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 child	amod
15	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 felt	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	forbid	present · passive		some feelings		vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	not feel	must · passive	a behaved child			vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
3	behave	participle			well property	vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Feelings remain unchanged for life

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Feelings	feeling	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 remain	nsubj
2	remain	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	unchanged	unchanged	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 remain	xcomp
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 life	case
5	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 remain	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remain	present	Feelings					for life; unchanged property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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