Exam question 2 · Handling anger

Identify the principal reason for which a pause is beneficial at the onset of anger.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, pause · What happens: identify, be · To what, where: principal reason, onset

This is exam question 2 of lesson 89 «Handling anger» 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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 reason	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reason	amod
4	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 beneficial	obl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 pause	det
8	pause	pause	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 beneficial	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 beneficial	cop
10	beneficial	beneficial	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reason	acl
11	at	at	ADP	_	13 onset	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 onset	det
13	onset	onset	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 beneficial	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 anger	case
15	anger	anger	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 onset	nmod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal reason					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	is	present	a pause			the onset of anger		for the principal reason; beneficial 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

The body ceases to produce any feeling whatsoever after precisely one minute

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 body	det
2	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ceases	nsubj
3	ceases	cease	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 produce	mark
5	produce	produce	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 ceases	xcomp
6	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	7 feeling	det
7	feeling	feeling	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 produce	obj
8	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	5 produce	advmod
9	after	after	ADP	_	12 minute	case
10	precisely	precisely	ADV	_	11 one	advmod
11	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 minute	nummod
12	minute	minute	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 produce	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cease	present	the body						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
2	produce	to-infinitive	the body not said here	any feeling			minute	whatsoever property	vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feeling=Result

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

A pause makes it more likely that the other person will apologise first

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 pause	det
2	pause	pause	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 makes	nsubj
3	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 makes	obj
5	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	6 likely	advmod
6	likely	likely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 makes	xcomp
7	that	that	SCONJ	_	12 apologise	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 person	det
9	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 person	amod
10	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 apologise	nsubj
11	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 apologise	aux
12	apologise	apologise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 likely	xcomp
13	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	12 apologise	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	a pause	it				likely property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product
2	apologise speech: apologize	future	the other person					first property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The thinking part of the brain catches up with the body only after a few seconds

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 part	det
2	thinking	thinking	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 part	compound
3	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 catches	nsubj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 brain	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 brain	det
6	brain	brain	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 part	nmod
7	catches	catch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	up	up	ADP	_	7 catches	compound:prt
9	with	with	ADP	_	11 body	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 body	det
11	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 catches	obl
12	only	only	ADV	_	16 seconds	advmod
13	after	after	ADP	_	16 seconds	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 seconds	det
15	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 seconds	amod
16	seconds	second	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 catches	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	catch up	present	the thinking part of the brain				second	with the body	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Anger can only be expressed in words once the person has fully forgotten it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Anger	anger	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 expressed	nsubj:pass
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 expressed	aux
3	only	only	ADV	_	5 expressed	advmod
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 expressed	aux:pass
5	expressed	express	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 words	case
7	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 expressed	obl
8	once	once	SCONJ	_	13 forgotten	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 person	det
10	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 forgotten	nsubj
11	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 forgotten	aux
12	fully	fully	ADV	_	13 forgotten	advmod
13	forgotten	forget	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 expressed	advcl
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 forgotten	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	express	can · passive		Anger		words			vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	forget	present · perfect	the person	Anger				fully property	tree rules

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