Exam question 1 · Tricks the mind plays: inner voices, superstitions and bei…

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises an "inner critic" persisting after a reconciliation?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: inner critic · What happens: follow, characteris, persist · To what, where: inner critic

This is exam question 1 of lesson 27 «Tricks the mind plays: inner voices, superstitions and being sure but wrong» 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	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 critic	det
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 critic	punct
11	inner	inner	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 critic	amod
12	critic	critic	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
13	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 critic	punct
14	persisting	persist	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 critic	acl
15	after	after	ADP	_	17 reconciliation	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 reconciliation	det
17	reconciliation	reconciliation	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 persisting	obl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		a inner critic		of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	persist	gerund	a inner critic not said here		after a reconciliation		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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 a voice audible to other persons in the vicinity

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 audible	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 audible	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 audible	det
4	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 audible	compound
5	audible	audible	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 persons	case
7	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 persons	amod
8	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 audible	nmod
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 vicinity	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 vicinity	det
11	vicinity	vicinity	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 persons	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a voice audible				to other persons in the vicinity	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It replays former remarks and does not represent the present truth

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	2 replays	nsubj
2	replays	replay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	former	former	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 remarks	amod
4	remarks	remark	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 replays	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 represent	cc
6	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 represent	aux
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 represent	advmod
8	represent	represent	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 replays	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 truth	det
10	present	present	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 truth	amod
11	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 represent	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	replay	present	It	former remarks					vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent remark=Theme
2	not represent	present · do-support		the present truth					vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot truth=Theme

Option 3

It accurately represents the present opinion of all acquaintances

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 represents	nsubj
2	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	3 represents	advmod
3	represents	represent	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 opinion	det
5	present	present	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 opinion	amod
6	opinion	opinion	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 represents	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 acquaintances	case
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 acquaintances	det
9	acquaintances	acquaintance	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 opinion	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	represent	present	It	the present opinion of all acquaintances				accurately property	vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot opinion=Theme
2	opine			all acquaintances					nom opinion «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

It is incapable of diminution by any means 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	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 means	nsubj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 diminution	case
5	diminution	diminution	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 incapable	nmod
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 any	case
7	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	8 means	obl
8	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	whatsoever	whatsoever	PRON	PronType=Int	8 means	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	incapable				of diminution	tree rules
2	mean	present	incapable	whatsoever				by any	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whatsoever=Topic

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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