Exam question 1 · Dad shouting at the TV: big feelings about politics

Identify the principal reason for which political matters may elicit strong emotional responses in adults.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, political matters · What happens: identify, elicit · To what, where: principal reason, strong emotional responses

This is exam question 1 of lesson 14 «Dad shouting at the TV: big feelings about politics» of the politics 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 reason	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reason	amod
4	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 elicit	obl
7	political	political	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 matters	amod
8	matters	matter	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 elicit	nsubj
9	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 elicit	aux
10	elicit	elicit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 reason	acl:relcl
11	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 responses	amod
12	emotional	emotional	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 responses	amod
13	responses	response	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 elicit	obj
14	in	in	ADP	_	15 adults	case
15	adults	adult	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 elicit	obl
16	.	.	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 principal reason					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	elicit	may	political matters	strong emotional responses				for the principal reason; in adults	vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition response=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

Adults are obliged by law to express their emotions concerning every decision of the government

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Adults	adult	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 obliged	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 obliged	aux:pass
3	obliged	oblige	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 law	case
5	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 obliged	obl
6	to	to	PART	_	7 express	mark
7	express	express	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 obliged	advcl
8	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 emotions	nmod:poss
9	emotions	emotion	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 express	obj
10	concerning	concern	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 express	advcl
11	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	12 decision	det
12	decision	decision	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 concerning	obj
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 government	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 government	det
15	government	government	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 decision	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	oblige	present · passive	law	Adults	vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient
2	express	to-infinitive	law not said here	Adults's emotions	vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent emotion=Theme
3	concern	gerund	law not said here	every decision of the government	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus decision=Experiencer
4	emote		Adults = adult		nom emotion «feeling transitive»: poss=agent
5	decide			the government	nom decision «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Such matters bear directly upon their employment, finances and families

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 matters	amod
2	matters	matter	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 bear	nsubj
3	bear	bear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	directly	directly	ADV	_	3 bear	advmod
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 employment	case
6	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 employment	nmod:poss
7	employment	employment	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bear	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 finances	punct
9	finances	finances	NOUN	Number=Ptan	7 employment	appos
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 families	cc
11	families	family	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 finances	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bear	present	Such matters					upon matters's employment; directly property	vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer
2	employ		matters = matter						nom employment «state transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

Adults are informed of all decisions before they are made

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Adults	adult	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 informed	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 informed	aux:pass
3	informed	inform	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 decisions	case
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 decisions	det
6	decisions	decision	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 informed	obl
7	before	before	SCONJ	_	10 made	mark
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 made	nsubj
9	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 made	aux:pass
10	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 informed	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	inform speech: other	present · passive		Adults				of all decisions	vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient PP.topic»: subject=Recipient of decision=Topic
2	make	present · passive		Adults = adult					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product

Option 4

Such matters are wholly unrelated to daily life

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 matters	amod
2	matters	matter	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 unrelated	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 unrelated	cop
4	wholly	wholly	ADV	_	5 unrelated	advmod
5	unrelated	unrelated	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 life	case
7	daily	daily	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 life	amod
8	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 unrelated	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Such matters					to daily life; unrelated, wholly property	tree rules

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