Exam question 3 · Worry and sadness

Pursuant to a recurring stomach ache each morning before school, select the response consistent with the established facts.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: recur, ache, select, establish · To what, where: response

This is exam question 3 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	Pursuant	pursuant	ADV	_	6 ache	advmod
2	to	to	ADP	_	5 stomach	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 stomach	det
4	recurring	recur	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 stomach	amod
5	stomach	stomach	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 ache	obl
6	ache	ache	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	8 morning	det
8	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 ache	obl:unmarked
9	before	before	ADP	_	10 school	case
10	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 ache	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 select	punct
12	select	select	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 ache	conj
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 response	det
14	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 select	obj
15	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 response	amod
16	with	with	ADP	_	19 facts	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 facts	det
18	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	19 facts	amod
19	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 consistent	obl
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 ache	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	recur	gerund				vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	ache	present		before school; morning	to a recurring stomach; pursuant property	vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	select	infinitive	the response			vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
4	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot

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 · ✓ the right answer

It may be the body's way of showing worry, so parents and the teacher are informed

The tree, 17 words

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	7 way	nsubj
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 way	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 way	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 body	det
5	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 way	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 body	case
7	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	of	of	SCONJ	_	9 showing	mark
9	showing	show	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 way	acl
10	worry	worry	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 showing	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 informed	punct
12	so	so	ADV	_	18 informed	advmod
13	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 informed	nsubj:pass
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 teacher	cc
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 teacher	det
16	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 parents	conj
17	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 informed	aux:pass
18	informed	inform	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 way	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	may	It	the body's way	tree rules
2	show	gerund	the body's way not said here	worry	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent worry=Recipient
3	inform speech: other	present · passive		parents and the teacher	vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient

Option 2

It is a sign that the child is pretending, and therefore it is best ignored

The tree, 15 words

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	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 pretending	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 child	det
7	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 pretending	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 pretending	aux
9	pretending	pretend	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 sign	acl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 therefore	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 therefore	cc
12	therefore	therefore	ADV	_	4 sign	conj
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 best	expl
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 best	cop
15	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	12 therefore	conj
16	ignored	ignore	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 therefore	cop

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a sign		tree rules
2	pretend	present · progressive	the child	a sign not said here		tree rules
3	is	participle			therefore property	tree rules
4	is	present			good property	tree rules

Option 3

It indicates a dislike of the teacher, who must be avoided at all costs

The tree, 14 words

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	2 indicates	nsubj
2	indicates	indicate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 dislike	det
4	dislike	dislike	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 indicates	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 teacher	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 teacher	det
7	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dislike	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 avoided	punct
9	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 avoided	nsubj:pass
10	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 avoided	aux
11	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	12 avoided	aux:pass
12	avoided	avoid	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 dislike	acl
13	at	at	ADP	_	15 costs	case
14	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	15 costs	det
15	costs	cost	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 avoided	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	indicate	present	It	a dislike of the teacher		vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot dislike=Topic
2	avoid	must · passive		a dislike of the teacher	all costs	vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: subject=Location
3	dislike			the teacher		nom dislike «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

It is necessarily caused by breakfast, so the child should cease to eat anything at all in the morning

The tree, 19 words

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 caused	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 caused	aux:pass
3	necessarily	necessarily	ADV	_	4 caused	advmod
4	caused	cause	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 breakfast	case
6	breakfast	breakfast	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 caused	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 cease	punct
8	so	so	ADV	_	12 cease	advmod
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 child	det
10	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 cease	nsubj
11	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 cease	aux
12	cease	cease	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 caused	conj
13	to	to	PART	_	14 eat	mark
14	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 cease	xcomp
15	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	14 eat	obj
16	at	at	ADP	_	17 all	case
17	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	15 anything	nmod
18	in	in	ADP	_	20 morning	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 morning	det
20	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 eat	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	present · passive	breakfast	It			necessarily property	vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition subject=Patient
2	cease	should	the child					vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
3	eat	to-infinitive	the child not said here	anything	all	morning		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Patient

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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