Exam question 2 · I failed: the missed penalty, the lost race, the bad mark

Identify the principal reason for which repeated nocturnal recollection of a failure ceases to be beneficial.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, principal reason · What happens: identify, repeat, cease, be, recollect · To what, where: nocturnal recollection, failure

This is exam question 2 of lesson 24 «I failed: the missed penalty, the lost race, the bad mark» 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	13 ceases	nsubj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 repeated	nsubj
7	repeated	repeat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 reason	acl:relcl
8	nocturnal	nocturnal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 recollection	amod
9	recollection	recollection	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 repeated	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 failure	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 failure	det
12	failure	failure	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 recollection	nmod
13	ceases	cease	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Identify	acl:relcl
14	to	to	PART	_	16 beneficial	mark
15	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	16 beneficial	cop
16	beneficial	beneficial	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 ceases	xcomp
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here			vn empathize-88.2 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	repeat	past	the principal reason	nocturnal recollection of a failure		vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent recollection=Eventuality
3	cease	present	the principal reason			vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
4	is	to-infinitive	the principal reason not said here		beneficial property	tree rules
5	recollect			a failure		nom recollection «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

Recollection is prohibited during the hours of darkness

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Recollection	recollection	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 prohibited	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 prohibited	aux:pass
3	prohibited	prohibit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	during	during	ADP	_	6 hours	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 hours	det
6	hours	hour	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 prohibited	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 darkness	case
8	darkness	darkness	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hours	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prohibit	present · passive		Recollection			hour		vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Beyond initial learning, further repetition merely sustains distress

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Beyond	beyond	ADP	_	3 learning	case
2	initial	initial	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 learning	amod
3	learning	learning	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sustains	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 repetition	punct
5	further	further	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 repetition	amod
6	repetition	repetition	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 learning	conj
7	merely	merely	ADV	_	8 sustains	advmod
8	sustains	sustain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	distress	distress	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sustains	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sustain	present		distress				beyond initial learning and further repetition; merely property	vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent distress=Theme

Option 3

Repetition invariably alters the recorded result of the match

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Repetition	repetition	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 alters	nsubj
2	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	3 alters	advmod
3	alters	alter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 result	det
5	recorded	record	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 result	amod
6	result	result	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 alters	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 match	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 match	det
9	match	match	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 result	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	alter	present	Repetition	the recorded result of the match	invariably property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent result=Patient
2	record	participle				vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	result			the match		nom result «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

Recollection during the night reduces one's physical fitness considerably

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Recollection	recollection	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 reduces	nsubj
2	during	during	ADP	_	4 night	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 night	det
4	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Recollection	nmod
5	reduces	reduce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	one	one	PRON	Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 fitness	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 one	case
8	physical	physical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 fitness	amod
9	fitness	fitness	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 reduces	obj
10	considerably	considerably	ADV	_	5 reduces	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reduce	present	Recollection during the night	one's physical fitness				considerably property	vn limit-76 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer fitness=Patient

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