Exam question 4 · Worry and sadness

In respect of thoughts of self-harm, which course of action is correct?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: be, respect, think · To what, where: respect, thoughts, self harm

This is exam question 4 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	In	in	ADP	_	2 respect	case
2	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 correct	obl
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 thoughts	case
4	thoughts	thought	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 respect	nmod
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 harm	case
6	self	self	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 harm	compound
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 self	punct
8	harm	harm	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 thoughts	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 course	punct
10	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	11 course	det
11	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 harm	appos
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 action	case
13	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 course	nmod
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 correct	cop
15	correct	correct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	15 correct	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	present		respect of thoughts of self harm	correct property	tree rules
2	respect		thoughts of self harm			nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient
3	think		self harm			nom thought «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 · ✓ the right answer

A trusted adult is told straight away, or a children's helpline is telephoned

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 adult	det
2	trusted	trust	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 adult	amod
3	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 told	nsubj:pass
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 told	aux:pass
5	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	straight	straight	ADV	_	7 away	advmod
7	away	away	ADV	_	5 told	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 telephoned	punct
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	15 telephoned	cc
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 children	det
11	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 helpline	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 children	case
13	helpline	helpline	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 telephoned	nsubj:pass
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 telephoned	aux:pass
15	telephoned	telephone	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 told	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	trust	participle			vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	tell speech: assert	present · passive	a trusted adult	away property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient
3	telephone speech: other	present · passive	a children's helpline		vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient

Option 2

The thoughts are kept entirely private until they have passed of their own accord

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 thoughts	det
2	thoughts	thought	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 kept	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 kept	aux:pass
4	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	6 private	advmod
6	private	private	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 kept	xcomp
7	until	until	SCONJ	_	10 passed	mark
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 passed	nsubj:pass
9	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 passed	aux
10	passed	pass	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 kept	advcl
11	of	of	ADP	_	14 accord	case
12	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 accord	nmod:poss
13	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 accord	amod
14	accord	accord	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 passed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	present · passive		the thoughts				private property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	pass	present · perfect · passive		thoughts = thought				of thoughts's own accord	vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: subject=Theme of accord=Initial_Location

Option 3

The thoughts are shared only in an online forum with persons unknown to the child

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 thoughts	det
2	thoughts	thought	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 shared	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 shared	aux:pass
4	shared	share	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	only	only	ADV	_	9 forum	advmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 forum	case
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 forum	det
8	online	online	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 forum	amod
9	forum	forum	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 shared	obl
10	with	with	ADP	_	11 persons	case
11	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 forum	nmod
12	unknown	unknown	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 forum	amod
13	to	to	ADP	_	15 child	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 child	det
15	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 unknown	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	share	present · passive		the thoughts		a online forum with persons			tree rules

Option 4

The thoughts are disregarded, since children never truly experience them in reality

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 thoughts	det
2	thoughts	thought	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 disregarded	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 disregarded	aux:pass
4	disregarded	disregard	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 experience	punct
6	since	since	SCONJ	_	10 experience	mark
7	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 experience	nsubj
8	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	10 experience	advmod
9	truly	truly	ADV	_	10 experience	advmod
10	experience	experience	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 disregarded	conj
11	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 experience	obj
12	in	in	ADP	_	13 reality	case
13	reality	reality	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 experience	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	disregard	present · passive		the thoughts					vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	not experience	infinitive	children	thoughts = thought		reality		truly property	vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus

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