Exam question 2 · The coach who shouts and parents on the touchline

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the effect of fear upon the performance of fine motor skills?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris, effect, perform · To what, where: effect, fear, fine motor skills

This is exam question 2 of lesson 68 «The coach who shouts and parents on the touchline» 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	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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 effect	det
10	effect	effect	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 fear	case
12	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 effect	nmod
13	upon	upon	ADP	_	15 performance	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 performance	det
15	performance	performance	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 fear	nmod
16	of	of	ADP	_	19 skills	case
17	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 skills	amod
18	motor	motor	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 skills	compound
19	skills	skill	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 performance	nmod
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the effect of fear upon the performance of fine motor skills	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	effect		fear upon the performance of fine motor skills		nom effect «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient
4	perform		fine motor skills		nom performance «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

Such skills are invariably enhanced

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 skills	amod
2	skills	skill	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 enhanced	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 enhanced	aux:pass
4	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	5 enhanced	advmod
5	enhanced	enhance	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	enhance	present · passive		Such skills				invariably property	vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Such skills are typically impaired

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 skills	amod
2	skills	skill	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 impaired	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 impaired	aux:pass
4	typically	typically	ADV	_	5 impaired	advmod
5	impaired	impair	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	impair	present · passive		Such skills				typically property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer

Option 3

Such skills are transferred to the coach

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 skills	amod
2	skills	skill	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 transferred	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 transferred	aux:pass
4	transferred	transfer	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 coach	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 coach	det
7	coach	coach	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 transferred	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	transfer	present · passive		Such skills	the coach				vn contribute-13.2-2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to coach=Recipient

Option 4

Such skills are wholly unaffected

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 skills	amod
2	skills	skill	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 unaffected	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 unaffected	cop
4	wholly	wholly	ADV	_	5 unaffected	advmod
5	unaffected	unaffected	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Such skills					unaffected, wholly property	tree rules

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