Exam question 4 · Growing and sport

Ascertain the most accurate characterisation of temporary clumsiness during a rapid growth spurt.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: ascertain, characterise · To what, where: accurate characterisation, temporary clumsiness

This is exam question 4 of lesson 40 «Growing and sport» of the medicine 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 characterisation	det
3	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	4 accurate	advmod
4	accurate	accurate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 characterisation	amod
5	characterisation	characterisation	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 clumsiness	case
7	temporary	temporary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 clumsiness	amod
8	clumsiness	clumsiness	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 characterisation	nmod
9	during	during	ADP	_	13 spurt	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 spurt	det
11	rapid	rapid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 spurt	amod
12	growth	growth	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 spurt	compound
13	spurt	spurt	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the accurate characterisation of temporary clumsiness			during a rapid growth spurt		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent characterisation=Topic
2	characterise			temporary clumsiness					nom characterisation «communication 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

A permanent loss of sporting ability

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 loss	det
2	permanent	permanent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 loss	amod
3	loss	loss	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	SCONJ	_	5 sporting	mark
5	sporting	sport	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 loss	acl
6	ability	ability	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sporting	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sport	gerund	a permanent loss not said here	ability					tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

A normal lag of muscle and balance behind bone growth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 lag	det
2	normal	normal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 lag	amod
3	lag	lag	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 muscle	case
5	muscle	muscle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lag	nmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 balance	cc
7	balance	balance	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 muscle	conj
8	behind	behind	ADP	_	10 growth	case
9	bone	bone	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 growth	compound
10	growth	growth	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 balance	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lag		muscle and balance behind bone growth						nom lag «act intransitive»: of=agent

Option 3

A consequence of excessive sleep during the growth spurt

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 consequence	det
2	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 sleep	case
4	excessive	excessive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 sleep	amod
5	sleep	sleep	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 consequence	nmod
6	during	during	ADP	_	9 spurt	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 spurt	det
8	growth	growth	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 spurt	compound
9	spurt	spurt	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 consequence	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

Evidence of a disorder of the brain or nerves

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Evidence	evidence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 disorder	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 disorder	det
4	disorder	disorder	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Evidence	nmod
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 brain	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 brain	det
7	brain	brain	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 disorder	nmod
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 nerves	cc
9	nerves	nerve	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 brain	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	evidence			a disorder of the brain or nerves					nom evidence «cognition transitive»: of=patient
2	disorder			the brain or nerves					nom disorder «state transitive»: of=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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