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Exam question 4 · Dead, a mile long and everyone: more everyday hyperbole

It is given that a person has employed the words «heart attack» in jest after a fright, whereas an older adult complains of genuine pain in the chest. Identify the appropriate response in respect of the latter.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: older adult, you · What happens: give, employ, complain, identify · To what, where: It, person, jest, appropriate response, respect

This is exam question 4 of lesson 45 «Dead, a mile long and everyone: more everyday hyperbole» of the language 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

Sentence 1: It is given that a person has employed the words «heart attack» in jest after a fright, whereas an older adult complains of genuine pain in the chest.

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	3 given	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 employed	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 person	det
6	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 employed	nsubj:pass
7	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 employed	aux
8	employed	employ	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 given	advcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 words	det
10	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 employed	obj
11	«	«	PUNCT	_	13 attack	punct
12	heart	heart	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 attack	compound
13	attack	attack	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 words	appos
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	13 attack	punct
15	in	in	ADP	_	16 jest	case
16	jest	jest	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 employed	obl
17	after	after	ADP	_	19 fright	case
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 fright	det
19	fright	fright	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 employed	obl
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 complains	punct
21	whereas	whereas	SCONJ	_	25 complains	mark
22	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	24 adult	det
23	older	old	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	24 adult	amod
24	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 complains	nsubj
25	complains	complain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	conj
26	of	of	ADP	_	28 pain	case
27	genuine	genuine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	28 pain	amod
28	pain	pain	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 complains	obl
29	in	in	ADP	_	31 chest	case
30	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	31 chest	det
31	chest	chest	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 pain	nmod
32	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present · passive		It					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	employ	present · perfect · passive		a person		jest	after a fright		tree rules
3	complain speech: other	present	a older adult					of genuine pain in the chest	vn complain-37.8 «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.

Sentence 2: Identify the appropriate response in respect of the latter.

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	4 response	det
3	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 response	amod
4	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 respect	case
6	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 response	nmod
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 latter	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 latter	det
9	latter	latter	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 respect	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the appropriate response		respect of the latter			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent response=Theme

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

It is to be regarded as a mere figure of speech

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 regarded	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 regarded	aux
3	to	to	PART	_	5 regarded	mark
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 regarded	aux:pass
5	regarded	regard	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	as	as	ADP	_	9 figure	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 figure	det
8	mere	mere	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 figure	amod
9	figure	figure	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 regarded	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 speech	case
11	speech	speech	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 figure	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	regard	present · passive		It				as a mere figure of speech	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.value»: subject=Theme as figure=Value
2	figure			speech					nom figure «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It constitutes an emergency, and the emergency services are to be summoned

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 constitutes	nsubj
2	constitutes	constitute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 emergency	det
4	emergency	emergency	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 constitutes	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 summoned	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 summoned	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 services	det
8	emergency	emergency	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 services	compound
9	services	service	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 summoned	nsubj:pass
10	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 summoned	aux:pass
11	to	to	PART	_	13 summoned	mark
12	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 summoned	aux:pass
13	summoned	summon	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 constitutes	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	constitute	present	It	a emergency					vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme emergency=Pivot
2	summon	present · passive		the emergency services					vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient

Option 3

It is to be answered with a jest

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 answered	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 answered	aux:pass
3	to	to	PART	_	5 answered	mark
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 answered	aux:pass
5	answered	answer	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 jest	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 jest	det
8	jest	jest	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 answered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	answer speech: assert	present · passive		It				with a jest	vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: subject=Eventuality

Option 4

It is to be ignored until the following morning

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 ignored	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 ignored	aux:pass
3	to	to	PART	_	5 ignored	mark
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 ignored	aux:pass
5	ignored	ignore	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	until	until	ADP	_	9 morning	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 morning	det
8	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 morning	amod
9	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 ignored	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ignore	present · passive		It			morning		vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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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