Exam question 2 · Worry and sadness

Identify the condition in which sadness persisting for many days and accompanied by a loss of interest may consist.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, sadness, condition · What happens: identify, persist, accompany, consist

This is exam question 2 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 condition	det
3	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 consist	nsubj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 sadness	case
5	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	6 sadness	det
6	sadness	sadness	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 condition	nmod
7	persisting	persist	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 sadness	acl
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 days	case
9	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 days	amod
10	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 persisting	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 accompanied	cc
12	accompanied	accompany	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 condition	conj
13	by	by	ADP	_	15 loss	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 loss	det
15	loss	loss	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 accompanied	obl
16	of	of	ADP	_	17 interest	case
17	interest	interest	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 loss	nmod
18	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	19 consist	aux
19	consist	consist	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Identify	ccomp
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	persist	gerund	which sadness not said here	day		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	accompany	participle	the condition in which sadness not said here		by a loss of interest	vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent by loss=Destination
4	consist	may	the condition in which sadness			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

It is a sign of laziness to be corrected by additional homework

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	4 sign	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 sign	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 sign	det
4	sign	sign	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 laziness	case
6	laziness	laziness	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sign	nmod
7	to	to	PART	_	9 corrected	mark
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 corrected	aux:pass
9	corrected	correct	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 sign	acl
10	by	by	ADP	_	12 homework	case
11	additional	additional	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 homework	amod
12	homework	homework	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 corrected	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a sign				of laziness	tree rules
2	correct speech: disagree	to-infinitive · passive	additional homework						vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent

Option 2

It is a permanent condition from which recovery is never possible

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	5 condition	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 condition	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 condition	det
4	permanent	permanent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 condition	amod
5	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 recovery	case
7	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	8 recovery	det
8	recovery	recovery	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 condition	nmod
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 possible	cop
10	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	11 possible	advmod
11	possible	possible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 condition	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a permanent condition		which recovery			tree rules
2	not is	present						possible property	tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It may be an illness called depression, which can be helped

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	5 illness	nsubj
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 illness	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 illness	cop
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 illness	det
5	illness	illness	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 illness	acl
7	depression	depression	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 called	xcomp
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 helped	punct
9	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 helped	nsubj
10	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 helped	aux
11	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	12 helped	aux:pass
12	helped	help	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 illness	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	may	It	a illness	tree rules
2	call	participle	a illness not said here	depression	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	help	can · passive		a illness	vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary

Option 4

It is invariably a passing mood which requires no attention whatsoever

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	6 mood	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 mood	cop
3	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	6 mood	advmod
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 mood	det
5	passing	pass	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 mood	amod
6	mood	mood	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 requires	nsubj
8	requires	require	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 mood	acl:relcl
9	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	10 attention	det
10	attention	attention	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 requires	obj
11	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	8 requires	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	pass	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is a	present	It	a passing mood	invariably property	tree rules
3	require	present	a passing mood	no attention	whatsoever property	vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme attention=Precondition

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