Exam question 1 · Boredom, excitement and pride

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises boredom?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: boredom

This is exam question 1 of lesson 93 «Boredom, excitement and pride» 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	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	boredom	boredom	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		boredom				of the following statements; accurately property	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 · ✓ the right answer

Boredom is frequently the starting point of creativity

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Boredom	boredom	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 point	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 point	cop
3	frequently	frequently	ADV	_	6 point	advmod
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 point	det
5	starting	starting	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 point	compound
6	point	point	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 creativity	case
8	creativity	creativity	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 point	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Boredom	the starting point				of creativity; frequently property	tree rules

Option 2

Boredom is a sign of an illness which requires medicine

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Boredom	boredom	NOUN	Number=Sing	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	_	7 illness	case
6	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 illness	det
7	illness	illness	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sign	nmod
8	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 requires	nsubj
9	requires	require	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 illness	acl:relcl
10	medicine	medicine	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 requires	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Boredom	a sign				of a illness	tree rules
2	require	present	a illness	medicine					vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme medicine=Precondition

Option 3

Boredom is never experienced by truly intelligent children

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Boredom	boredom	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 experienced	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 experienced	aux:pass
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 experienced	advmod
4	experienced	experience	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	8 children	case
6	truly	truly	ADV	_	7 intelligent	advmod
7	intelligent	intelligent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 children	amod
8	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 experienced	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not experience	present · passive	intelligent children	Boredom					vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer subject=Stimulus

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Boredom can be cured only by television screens and video games

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Boredom	boredom	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cured	nsubj:pass
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 cured	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 cured	aux:pass
4	cured	cure	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	only	only	ADV	_	4 cured	advmod
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 screens	case
7	television	television	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 screens	compound
8	screens	screen	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 cured	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 games	cc
10	video	video	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 games	compound
11	games	game	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 screens	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cure	can · passive	television screens and video games	Boredom					vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer subject=Source

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