Exam question 1 · Left out: the party, the new school, the third wheel

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the experience of exclusion from a social occasion?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris, experience · To what, where: experience, social occasion, exclusion

This is exam question 1 of lesson 21 «Left out: the party, the new school, the third wheel» 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	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 experience	det
10	experience	experience	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 exclusion	case
12	exclusion	exclusion	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 experience	nmod
13	from	from	ADP	_	16 occasion	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 occasion	det
15	social	social	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 occasion	amod
16	occasion	occasion	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the experience of exclusion	a social occasion	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	experience		exclusion			nom experience «cognition 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

It is remedied most effectively by the repeated viewing of photographs of the occasion in question until the distress subsides

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 remedied	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 remedied	aux:pass
3	remedied	remedy	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	5 effectively	advmod
5	effectively	effectively	ADV	_	3 remedied	advmod
6	by	by	ADP	_	9 viewing	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 viewing	det
8	repeated	repeat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 viewing	amod
9	viewing	viewing	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 remedied	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 photographs	case
11	photographs	photograph	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 viewing	nmod
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 occasion	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 occasion	det
14	occasion	occasion	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 photographs	nmod
15	in	in	ADP	_	16 question	case
16	question	question	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 occasion	nmod
17	until	until	SCONJ	_	20 subsides	mark
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 distress	det
19	distress	distress	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 subsides	nsubj
20	subsides	subside	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 remedied	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	remedy	present · passive	the repeated viewing of photographs of the occasion in question	It	effectively property	vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent subject=Patient
2	repeat	participle				vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
3	subside	present	the distress			vn entity_specific_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 2

It invariably reflects the unanimous dislike of all persons concerned

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 reflects	nsubj
2	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	3 reflects	advmod
3	reflects	reflect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 dislike	det
5	unanimous	unanimous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 dislike	amod
6	dislike	dislike	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reflects	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 persons	case
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 persons	det
9	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 dislike	nmod
10	concerned	concerned	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 reflects	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reflect	present	It	the unanimous dislike of all persons				invariably property	tree rules
2	dislike			all persons					nom dislike «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

It is incapable of producing any emotional effect whatsoever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 incapable	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 incapable	cop
3	incapable	incapable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	of	of	SCONJ	_	5 producing	mark
5	producing	produce	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 incapable	advcl
6	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	8 effect	det
7	emotional	emotional	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 effect	amod
8	effect	effect	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 producing	obj
9	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	5 producing	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					incapable property	tree rules
2	produce	gerund		any emotional effect				whatsoever property	vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent effect=Result

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It is frequently experienced as a judgement of one's whole self, though commonly arising from limits or small groupings

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 experienced	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 experienced	cop
3	frequently	frequently	ADV	_	4 experienced	advmod
4	experienced	experienced	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	as	as	ADP	_	7 judgement	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 judgement	det
7	judgement	judgement	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 experienced	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	12 self	case
9	one	one	PRON	Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 self	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 one	case
11	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 self	amod
12	self	self	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 judgement	nmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 arising	punct
14	though	though	SCONJ	_	16 arising	mark
15	commonly	commonly	ADV	_	16 arising	advmod
16	arising	arise	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 experienced	advcl
17	from	from	ADP	_	18 limits	case
18	limits	limit	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 arising	obl
19	or	or	CCONJ	_	21 groupings	cc
20	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 groupings	amod
21	groupings	grouping	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 limits	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					as a judgement of one's whole self; experienced, frequently property	tree rules
2	arise	gerund				limits or small groupings		commonly property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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