Exam question 4 · Feelings and calming down

It being given that a child is upset by an event, determine a measure that affords time to calm down.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: child, measure · What happens: give, be, determine, afford, calm down · To what, where: It, measure

This is exam question 4 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	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 given	nsubj:pass
2	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 upset	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 child	det
6	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 upset	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 upset	cop
8	upset	upset	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 given	advcl
9	by	by	ADP	_	11 event	case
10	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 event	det
11	event	event	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 upset	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 determine	punct
13	determine	determine	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 given	conj
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 measure	det
15	measure	measure	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 determine	obj
16	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	17 affords	nsubj
17	affords	afford	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 measure	acl:relcl
18	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 affords	obj
19	to	to	PART	_	20 calm	mark
20	calm	calm	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 time	acl
21	down	down	ADP	_	20 calm	compound:prt
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	give	gerund · passive		It			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	is	present	a child			by a event; upset property	tree rules
3	determine	infinitive		a measure			vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent measure=Topic
4	afford	present	a measure		time		tree rules
5	calm down	to-infinitive	a measure not said here				vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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

Refusing to name the feeling

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Refusing	refuse	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	to	to	PART	_	3 name	mark
3	name	name	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Refusing	xcomp
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 feeling	det
5	feeling	feeling	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 name	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	refuse	gerund							vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	not name	to-infinitive		the feeling					vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feeling=Theme

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

Moving away from the cause for a few minutes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Moving	move	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	away	away	ADV	_	1 Moving	advmod
3	from	from	ADP	_	5 cause	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 cause	det
5	cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Moving	obl
6	for	for	ADP	_	9 minutes	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 minutes	det
8	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 minutes	amod
9	minutes	minute	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Moving	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	move away	gerund				the cause	minute	away property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme from cause=Trajectory

Option 3

Hitting a nearby object

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hitting	hit	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 object	det
3	nearby	nearby	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 object	amod
4	object	object	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Hitting	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hit	gerund		a nearby object					vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme object=Co-Theme

Option 4

Remaining as close as possible to the cause

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Remaining	remain	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 close	nsubj
2	as	as	ADV	_	3 close	advmod
3	close	close	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	as	as	SCONJ	_	5 possible	mark
5	possible	possible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 close	advcl
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 cause	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 cause	det
8	cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 close	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remain	gerund							vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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