Exam question 1 · Lonely and different: accents, big brothers and being too…

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises homesickness consequent upon relocation abroad?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: homesickness consequent

This is exam question 1 of lesson 22 «Lonely and different: accents, big brothers and being too much» 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	1 Which	nmod
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	homesickness	homesickness	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 consequent	compound
10	consequent	consequent	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	upon	upon	ADP	_	12 relocation	case
12	relocation	relocation	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obl
13	abroad	abroad	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		homesickness consequent				upon relocation; abroad, accurately property	tree rules

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 experienced exclusively by adults and never by children

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 experienced	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 experienced	aux:pass
3	experienced	experience	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	3 experienced	advmod
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 adults	case
6	adults	adult	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 experienced	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 children	cc
8	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	10 children	advmod
9	by	by	ADP	_	10 children	case
10	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 adults	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	experience	present · passive	adults and children	It				exclusively property	vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer subject=Stimulus

Option 2

It is permanent and incapable of any amelioration

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 permanent	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 permanent	cop
3	permanent	permanent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 incapable	cc
5	incapable	incapable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 permanent	conj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 amelioration	case
7	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	8 amelioration	det
8	amelioration	amelioration	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 incapable	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					permanent property	tree rules
2	be							of any amelioration	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It is a common sorrow for the former home which customarily diminishes over months

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	5 sorrow	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 sorrow	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 sorrow	det
4	common	common	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 sorrow	amod
5	sorrow	sorrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	9 home	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 home	det
8	former	former	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 home	amod
9	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sorrow	nmod
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 diminishes	nsubj
11	customarily	customarily	ADV	_	12 diminishes	advmod
12	diminishes	diminish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 sorrow	acl:relcl
13	over	over	ADP	_	14 months	case
14	months	month	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 diminishes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a common sorrow				for the former home	tree rules
2	diminish	present	a common sorrow				month	customarily property	vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

Option 4

It is a contagious ailment acquired upon arrival in a foreign country

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	5 ailment	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 ailment	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 ailment	det
4	contagious	contagious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 ailment	amod
5	ailment	ailment	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	acquired	acquire	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 ailment	acl
7	upon	upon	ADP	_	8 arrival	case
8	arrival	arrival	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 acquired	obl
9	in	in	ADP	_	12 country	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 country	det
11	foreign	foreign	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 country	amod
12	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 acquired	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a contagious ailment					tree rules
2	acquire	participle		a contagious ailment not said here		a foreign country		upon arrival	vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset

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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