Exam question 2 · Feelings and calming down

Identify a method by which the body may be calmed.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, method · What happens: identify, calm · To what, where: method, body

This is exam question 2 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 method	det
3	method	method	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 calmed	obl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 body	det
7	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 calmed	nsubj:pass
8	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 calmed	aux
9	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 calmed	aux:pass
10	calmed	calm	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 method	acl:relcl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	a method					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent method=Theme
2	calm	may · passive	a method	the body					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer

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

Running out into the busy road

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Running	run	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	out	out	ADP	_	1 Running	compound:prt
3	into	into	ADP	_	6 road	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 road	det
5	busy	busy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 road	amod
6	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Running	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run out	gerund						into the busy road result	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into road=Result

Option 2

Shouting as loudly as possible

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shouting	shout	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	as	as	ADV	_	3 loudly	advmod
3	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	1 Shouting	advmod
4	as	as	SCONJ	_	5 possible	mark
5	possible	possible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Shouting	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	gerund						loudly property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Holding the breath for a minute

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Holding	hold	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 breath	det
3	breath	breath	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Holding	obj
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 minute	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 minute	det
6	minute	minute	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Holding	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	gerund		the breath			minute		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent breath=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Slow and deep breathing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Slow	slow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 breathing	amod
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 deep	cc
3	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Slow	conj
4	breathing	breathing	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

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

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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