Exam question 3 · Laughed at: photos, scores, nicknames and the spotlight

Identify the principal reason for which a child subjected to teasing commonly anticipates consequences more severe than those which ensue.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, child · What happens: identify, subject, tease, anticipate, ensue · To what, where: principal reason, child, consequences

This is exam question 3 of lesson 10 «Laughed at: photos, scores, nicknames and the spotlight» of the reflection 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	13 anticipates	obl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 child	det
8	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 anticipates	nsubj
9	subjected	subject	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 child	acl
10	to	to	SCONJ	_	11 teasing	mark
11	teasing	tease	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 subjected	advcl
12	commonly	commonly	ADV	_	11 teasing	advmod
13	anticipates	anticipate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 reason	acl
14	consequences	consequence	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 anticipates	obj
15	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	16 severe	advmod
16	severe	severe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 anticipates	xcomp
17	than	than	ADP	_	18 those	case
18	those	that	PRON	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	16 severe	obl
19	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	20 ensue	nsubj
20	ensue	ensue	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 those	acl:relcl
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	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	subject	participle		a child not said here		tree rules
3	tease	gerund			commonly property	vn ferret-35.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	anticipate	present	a child	consequences	for the principal reason; severe property	vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent consequence=Theme
5	ensue	infinitive				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

Children possess an accurate knowledge of the intentions of others

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 possess	nsubj
2	possess	possess	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 knowledge	det
4	accurate	accurate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 knowledge	amod
5	knowledge	knowledge	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 possess	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 intentions	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 intentions	det
8	intentions	intention	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 knowledge	nmod
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 others	case
10	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 intentions	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	possess	present	Children	a accurate knowledge of the intentions of others					vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot knowledge=Theme
2	intend			others					nom intention «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

The consequences are customarily concealed by the teasers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 consequences	det
2	consequences	consequence	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 concealed	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 concealed	aux:pass
4	customarily	customarily	ADV	_	5 concealed	advmod
5	concealed	conceal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 teasers	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 teasers	det
8	teasers	teaser	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 concealed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conceal	present · passive	the teasers	the consequences				customarily property	vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Embarrassment enlarges the imagined disaster beyond what actually occurs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Embarrassment	embarrassment	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 enlarges	nsubj
2	enlarges	enlarge	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 disaster	det
4	imagined	imagine	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 disaster	amod
5	disaster	disaster	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 enlarges	obj
6	beyond	beyond	ADP	_	7 what	case
7	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	2 enlarges	obl
8	actually	actually	ADV	_	9 occurs	advmod
9	occurs	occur	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 what	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	enlarge	present	Embarrassment	the imagined disaster		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent disaster=Patient
2	imagine	participle				vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot
3	occur	present			actually property	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Teasing invariably escalates to the whole school within a day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Teasing	tease	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 escalates	nsubj
2	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	3 escalates	advmod
3	escalates	escalate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	7 school	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 school	det
6	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 school	amod
7	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 escalates	obl
8	within	within	ADP	_	10 day	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 day	det
10	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 escalates	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tease	gerund							vn ferret-35.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	escalate	present					day	to the whole school; invariably property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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