Exam question 1 · When nobody sits with you: making friends again

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the relationship between loneliness and withdrawal?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: relationship

This is exam question 1 of lesson 23 «When nobody sits with you: making friends again» 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 relationship	det
10	relationship	relationship	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	between	between	ADP	_	12 loneliness	case
12	loneliness	loneliness	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 relationship	nmod
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 withdrawal	cc
14	withdrawal	withdrawal	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 relationship	conj
15	?	?	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		the relationship and withdrawal				of the following statements; between loneliness; 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

Withdrawal invariably remedies loneliness within a week

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Withdrawal	withdrawal	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 remedies	nsubj
2	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	3 remedies	advmod
3	remedies	remedy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	loneliness	loneliness	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 remedies	obj
5	within	within	ADP	_	7 week	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 week	det
7	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 remedies	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remedy	present	Withdrawal	loneliness			week	invariably property	vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent loneliness=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Loneliness and withdrawal are wholly unconnected and arise independently

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Loneliness	loneliness	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 unconnected	nsubj
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 withdrawal	cc
3	withdrawal	withdrawal	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Loneliness	conj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 unconnected	cop
5	wholly	wholly	ADV	_	6 unconnected	advmod
6	unconnected	unconnected	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 arise	cc
8	arise	arise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 unconnected	conj
9	independently	independently	ADV	_	8 arise	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Loneliness and withdrawal					unconnected, wholly property	tree rules
2	arise	present	Loneliness and withdrawal not said here					independently property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Withdrawal tends to aggravate loneliness, forming a self-reinforcing circle

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Withdrawal	withdrawal	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tends	nsubj
2	tends	tend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 aggravate	mark
4	aggravate	aggravate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 tends	xcomp
5	loneliness	loneliness	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 aggravate	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 forming	punct
7	forming	form	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 tends	advcl
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 circle	det
9	self	self	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 reinforcing	compound
10	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 self	punct
11	reinforcing	reinforce	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 circle	amod
12	circle	circle	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 forming	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	tend	present	Withdrawal		tree rules
2	aggravate	to-infinitive	Withdrawal not said here	loneliness	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus loneliness=Experiencer
3	form	gerund	Withdrawal not said here	a reinforcing circle	vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location circle=Theme
4	reinforce	gerund			vn support-15.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot

Option 4

Loneliness arises solely in persons who are unlikeable

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Loneliness	loneliness	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 arises	nsubj
2	arises	arise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	solely	solely	ADV	_	2 arises	advmod
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 persons	case
5	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 arises	obl
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 unlikeable	nsubj
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 unlikeable	cop
8	unlikeable	unlikeable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 persons	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	arise	present	Loneliness					in persons; solely property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in person=Location
2	is	present	persons					unlikeable property	tree rules

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