Exam question 4 · Handling anger

In respect of the expression of disagreement, which statement most accurately characterises the established facts?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: characteris, establish, respect · To what, where: established facts, respect, expression

This is exam question 4 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	In	in	ADP	_	2 respect	case
2	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 characterises	obl
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 expression	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 expression	det
5	expression	expression	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 respect	nmod
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 disagreement	case
7	disagreement	disagreement	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 expression	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 statement	punct
9	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	10 statement	det
10	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 disagreement	conj
11	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	12 accurately	advmod
12	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	13 characterises	advmod
13	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 facts	det
15	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 facts	amod
16	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 characterises	obj
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	13 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	characteris	present	the established facts	respect of the expression of disagreement and which statement	accurately property	tree rules
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	respect		the expression of disagreement and which statement			nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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

People listen to anger and to calmness to precisely the same degree

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	People	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 listen	nsubj
2	listen	listen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	4 anger	case
4	anger	anger	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 listen	obl
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 calmness	cc
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 calmness	case
7	calmness	calmness	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 anger	conj
8	to	to	PART	_	12 degree	mark
9	precisely	precisely	ADV	_	12 degree	advmod
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 degree	det
11	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 degree	amod
12	degree	degree	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 listen	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	listen	present	People					to anger and calmness	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to anger=Theme

Option 2

People listen most attentively to the loudest voice present in the room

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	People	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 listen	nsubj
2	listen	listen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	4 attentively	advmod
4	attentively	attentively	ADV	_	2 listen	advmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	9 present	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 present	det
7	loudest	loud	ADJ	Degree=Sup	9 present	amod
8	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 present	compound
9	present	present	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 listen	obl
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 room	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 room	det
12	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 present	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	listen	present	People					to the loudest voice present in the room; attentively property	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to present=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

People listen to a calm and clear reason far more readily than to a shout

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	People	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 listen	nsubj
2	listen	listen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	8 reason	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 reason	det
5	calm	calm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 reason	amod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 clear	cc
7	clear	clear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 calm	conj
8	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 listen	obl
9	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	10 more	advmod
10	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	11 readily	advmod
11	readily	readily	ADV	_	2 listen	advmod
12	than	than	ADP	_	15 shout	case
13	to	to	ADP	_	15 shout	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 shout	det
15	shout	shout	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 readily	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	listen	present	People					to a calm reason; readily property	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to reason=Theme

Option 4

People listen to a reason only when it is accompanied by slammed doors

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	People	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 listen	nsubj
2	listen	listen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 reason	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 reason	det
5	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 listen	obl
6	only	only	ADV	_	10 accompanied	advmod
7	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	10 accompanied	advmod
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 accompanied	nsubj:pass
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 accompanied	aux:pass
10	accompanied	accompany	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 listen	advcl
11	by	by	ADP	_	13 doors	case
12	slammed	slam	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 doors	amod
13	doors	door	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 accompanied	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	listen	present	People		to a reason	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to reason=Theme
2	accompany	present · passive	slammed doors	reason		vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
3	slam	participle				vn bump-18.4-1 «NP V together»: agent=Theme

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