Exam question 3 · Feelings and calming down

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning fear.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, response · What happens: select, be, establish · To what, where: response

This is exam question 3 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 consistent	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 consistent	cop
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	acl:relcl
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 facts	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 facts	det
9	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 facts	amod
10	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 consistent	obl
11	concerning	concerning	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 fear	amod
12	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 consistent	conj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	is	present	the response		with the established facts; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot

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 · ✓ the right answer

Fear may be useful, warning that something might be dangerous

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 useful	nsubj
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 useful	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 useful	cop
4	useful	useful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 warning	punct
6	warning	warn	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 useful	advcl
7	that	that	SCONJ	_	11 dangerous	mark
8	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	11 dangerous	nsubj
9	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 dangerous	aux
10	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	11 dangerous	cop
11	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 warning	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	may	Fear	useful property	tree rules
2	warn speech: warn	gerund	Fear not said here		vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent
3	is	might	something	dangerous property	tree rules

Option 2

Fear always signifies that one is unwell and requires a doctor

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 signifies	nsubj
2	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	3 signifies	advmod
3	signifies	signify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 unwell	mark
5	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 unwell	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 unwell	cop
7	unwell	unwell	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 signifies	ccomp
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 requires	cc
9	requires	require	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 signifies	conj
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 doctor	det
11	doctor	doctor	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 requires	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	signify	present	Fear		always property	vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot
2	is	present	one		unwell property	tree rules
3	require	present	Fear not said here	a doctor		vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme doctor=Precondition

Option 3

Fear is felt only by young children

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 felt	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 felt	aux:pass
3	felt	feel	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	only	only	ADV	_	3 felt	advmod
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 children	case
6	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 children	amod
7	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 felt	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feel	present · passive	young children	Fear					vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

Option 4

Fear serves no purpose whatsoever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 serves	nsubj
2	serves	serve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 purpose	det
4	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 serves	obj
5	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	2 serves	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	serve	present	Fear	no purpose				whatsoever property	vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent purpose=Attribute

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