Exam question 1 · Worry and sadness

Which of the following measures is recommended when a worry prevents a child from sleeping?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: worry, child · What happens: follow, recommend, prevent, sleep · To what, where: child

This is exam question 1 of lesson 91 «Worry and sadness» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 recommended	obj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 measures	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 measures	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 measures	amod
5	measures	measure	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 recommended	obl
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 recommended	aux:pass
7	recommended	recommend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	when	when	SCONJ	_	11 prevents	mark
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 worry	det
10	worry	worry	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 prevents	nsubj
11	prevents	prevent	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 recommended	advcl
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 child	det
13	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 prevents	obj
14	from	from	SCONJ	_	15 sleeping	mark
15	sleeping	sleep	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 child	acl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 recommended	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	recommend	present · passive			of the following measures	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: which=Theme
3	prevent	present	a worry	a child		vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer child=Theme
4	sleep	gerund	a child not said here			vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: 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

The child remains awake for as long as necessary until the worry has been resolved by its own accord

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 child	det
2	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 remains	nsubj
3	remains	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	awake	awake	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 remains	xcomp
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 long	case
6	as	as	ADV	_	7 long	advmod
7	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	3 remains	advmod
8	as	as	ADP	_	9 necessary	case
9	necessary	necessary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 long	obl
10	until	until	SCONJ	_	15 resolved	mark
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 worry	det
12	worry	worry	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 resolved	nsubj:pass
13	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 resolved	aux
14	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	15 resolved	aux:pass
15	resolved	resolve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 remains	advcl
16	by	by	ADP	_	19 accord	case
17	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 accord	nmod:poss
18	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 accord	amod
19	accord	accord	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 resolved	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remain	present	the child					awake, long property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	resolve	present · perfect · passive	worry's own accord	the worry					tree rules

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

The worry is written down or told to someone, which helps the brain to let it go

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 worry	det
2	worry	worry	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 written	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 written	aux:pass
4	written	write	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	down	down	ADP	_	4 written	compound:prt
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 told	cc
7	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 written	conj
8	to	to	ADP	_	9 someone	case
9	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	7 told	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 helps	punct
11	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 helps	nsubj
12	helps	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 someone	acl:relcl
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 brain	det
14	brain	brain	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 helps	obj
15	to	to	PART	_	16 let	mark
16	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 helps	xcomp
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 let	obj
18	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 let	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	write down	present · passive		the worry		vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	tell speech: assert	participle			someone	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient how S»: agent=Agent to someone=Recipient
3	help	present		the brain		vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent brain=Beneficiary clause=Theme
4	let	to-infinitive	the brain not said here	brain		tree rules
5	go	infinitive	brain not said here			vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

The worry is rehearsed repeatedly in silence until a solution presents itself

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 worry	det
2	worry	worry	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 rehearsed	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 rehearsed	aux:pass
4	rehearsed	rehearse	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	repeatedly	repeatedly	ADV	_	4 rehearsed	advmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 silence	case
7	silence	silence	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 rehearsed	obl
8	until	until	SCONJ	_	11 presents	mark
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 solution	det
10	solution	solution	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 presents	nsubj
11	presents	present	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 rehearsed	advcl
12	itself	itself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	11 presents	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rehearse	present · passive		the worry		silence		repeatedly property	vn rehearse-26.8-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	present	present	a solution	solution					vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent itself=Theme

Option 4

The worry is concealed from all adults so as not to trouble the household

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 worry	det
2	worry	worry	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 concealed	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 concealed	aux:pass
4	concealed	conceal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 adults	case
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 adults	det
7	adults	adult	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 concealed	obl
8	so	so	ADV	_	12 trouble	advmod
9	as	as	ADP	_	12 trouble	case
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 trouble	advmod
11	to	to	PART	_	12 trouble	mark
12	trouble	trouble	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 concealed	advcl
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 household	det
14	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 concealed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conceal	present · passive		the worry				from all adults	tree rules

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