Exam question 4 · Girls' and boys' teams

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning anxiety prior to competition.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, anxiety

This is exam question 4 of lesson 69 «Girls' and boys' teams» 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	anxiety	anxiety	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
11	prior	prior	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	13 competition	case
12	to	to	ADP	_	11 prior	fixed
13	competition	competition	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	anxiety	prior competition	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus anxiety=Experiencer

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

Boys are incapable of experiencing anxiety

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Boys	boy	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 incapable	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 incapable	cop
3	incapable	incapable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	of	of	SCONJ	_	5 experiencing	mark
5	experiencing	experience	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 incapable	advcl
6	anxiety	anxiety	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 experiencing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Boys					incapable property	tree rules
2	experience	gerund	Boys not said here	anxiety					vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer anxiety=Stimulus

Option 2

Adrenaline is released by girls only

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Adrenaline	adrenaline	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 released	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 released	aux:pass
3	released	release	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 girls	case
5	girls	girl	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 released	obl:agent
6	only	only	ADV	_	3 released	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	release	present · passive	girls	Adrenaline					vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Causer subject=Source

Option 3

Anxiety is caused by the colour of the kit

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Anxiety	anxiety	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 caused	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 caused	aux:pass
3	caused	cause	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 colour	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 colour	det
6	colour	colour	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 caused	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 kit	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 kit	det
9	kit	kit	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 colour	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	present · passive	the colour of the kit	Anxiety					vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition subject=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Adrenaline is released in an identical manner in boys and girls

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Adrenaline	adrenaline	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 released	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 released	aux:pass
3	released	release	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 manner	case
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 manner	det
6	identical	identical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 manner	amod
7	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 released	obl
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 boys	case
9	boys	boy	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 released	obl:agent
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 girls	cc
11	girls	girl	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 boys	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	release	present · passive	boys and girls	Adrenaline		a identical manner			vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Causer subject=Source

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