Exam question 4 · Cringe that lasts: getting over embarrassing moments

Ascertain which of the following is consistent with the facts concerning a child's embarrassment at the conduct or possessions of his family.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, facts, child · What happens: ascertain, follow, be, concern, embarrass, possess · To what, where: embarrassment, conduct, family

This is exam question 4 of lesson 11 «Cringe that lasts: getting over embarrassing moments» 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 consistent	nsubj
3	of	of	SCONJ	_	7 consistent	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 consistent	det
5	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 consistent	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 consistent	cop
7	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Ascertain	ccomp
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 facts	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 facts	det
10	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 consistent	obl
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 facts	acl
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 child	det
13	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 embarrassment	nmod:poss
14	's	's	PART	_	13 child	case
15	embarrassment	embarrassment	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
16	at	at	ADP	_	18 conduct	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 conduct	det
18	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obl
19	or	or	CCONJ	_	20 possessions	cc
20	possessions	possession	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 conduct	conj
21	of	of	ADP	_	23 family	case
22	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	23 family	nmod:poss
23	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 possessions	nmod
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here				vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
2	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	is	present				with the facts; consistent property	tree rules
4	concern	gerund	the facts not said here	a child's embarrassment	the conduct or possessions of child's family		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus embarrassment=Experiencer
5	embarrass		a child				nom embarrassment «feeling transitive»: poss=agent
6	possess			child's family			nom possession «act 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 embarrassment is confined to children of a spoilt disposition

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 embarrassment	amod
2	embarrassment	embarrassment	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 confined	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 confined	aux:pass
4	confined	confine	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 children	case
6	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 confined	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	10 disposition	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 disposition	det
9	spoilt	spoil	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 disposition	amod
10	disposition	disposition	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 children	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	confine	present · passive		Such embarrassment	children of a spoilt disposition				vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to child=Destination
2	spoil	participle							vn entity_specific_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 2

Such embarrassment may be remedied only by the purchase of new possessions

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 embarrassment	amod
2	embarrassment	embarrassment	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 remedied	nsubj:pass
3	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 remedied	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 remedied	aux:pass
5	remedied	remedy	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	only	only	ADV	_	9 purchase	advmod
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 purchase	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 purchase	det
9	purchase	purchase	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 remedied	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 possessions	case
11	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 possessions	amod
12	possessions	possession	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 purchase	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remedy	may · passive	the purchase of new possessions	Such embarrassment					vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent subject=Patient
2	purchase			new possessions					nom purchase «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

Such embarrassment demonstrates an absence of love for the family

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 embarrassment	amod
2	embarrassment	embarrassment	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 demonstrates	nsubj
3	demonstrates	demonstrate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 absence	det
5	absence	absence	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 demonstrates	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 love	case
7	love	love	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 absence	nmod
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 family	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 family	det
10	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 demonstrates	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	demonstrate	present	Such embarrassment	a absence of love				for the family	vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot absence=Topic
2	absent			love					nom absence «state transitive»: of=patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Such embarrassment is common at this age and does not diminish affection

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 embarrassment	amod
2	embarrassment	embarrassment	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 common	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 common	cop
4	common	common	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 age	case
6	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	7 age	det
7	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 common	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 diminish	cc
9	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 diminish	aux
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 diminish	advmod
11	diminish	diminish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 common	conj
12	affection	affection	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 diminish	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Such embarrassment				at this age	common property	tree rules
2	not diminish	present · do-support	Such embarrassment not said here	affection					vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Causer affection=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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