Exam question 4 · Getting help: when sadness or worry won't go away
In respect of attendance at counselling or therapy, determine which statement is correct.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, statement · What happens: determine, be, respect · To what, where: respect, attendance
This is exam question 4 of lesson 29 «Getting help: when sadness or worry won't go away» 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 | In | in | ADP | _ | 2 respect | case |
| 2 | respect | respect | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 determine | obl |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 attendance | case |
| 4 | attendance | attendance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 respect | nmod |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 counselling | case |
| 6 | counselling | counselling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 attendance | nmod |
| 7 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 8 therapy | cc |
| 8 | therapy | therapy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 counselling | conj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 respect | punct |
| 10 | determine | determine | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 12 statement | det |
| 12 | statement | statement | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 correct | nsubj |
| 13 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 correct | cop |
| 14 | correct | correct | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 determine | ccomp |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 determine | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | determine | imperative | you not said here | respect of attendance at counselling or therapy | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | is | present | which statement | correct property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | respect | attendance at counselling or therapy | nom respect «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 a disciplinary measure imposed by the school for misconduct
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 measure | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 measure | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 measure | det |
| 4 | disciplinary | disciplinary | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 measure | amod |
| 5 | measure | measure | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | imposed | impose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 measure | acl |
| 7 | by | by | ADP | _ | 9 school | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 school | det |
| 9 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 imposed | obl |
| 10 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 misconduct | case |
| 11 | misconduct | misconduct | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 imposed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | a disciplinary measure | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | impose | participle | a disciplinary measure not said here | by the school; for misconduct | vn enforce-63 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
It is available only to adults in employment
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 available | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 available | cop |
| 3 | available | available | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 6 adults | advmod |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 adults | case |
| 6 | adults | adult | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 available | obl |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 employment | case |
| 8 | employment | employment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 adults | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | It | to adults in employment; available property | tree rules |
Option 3
It indicates that the attendee is of unsound mind
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 indicates | nsubj |
| 2 | indicates | indicate | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 9 mind | mark |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 attendee | det |
| 5 | attendee | attendee | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 mind | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 mind | cop |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 mind | case |
| 8 | unsound | unsound | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 mind | amod |
| 9 | mind | mind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 indicates | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | indicate | present | It | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot | |||||
| 2 | is | present | the attendee | of unsound mind | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
It is a normal and sensible means of obtaining help with one's feelings
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 normal | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 normal | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 normal | det |
| 4 | normal | normal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 means | nsubj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 sensible | cc |
| 6 | sensible | sensible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 normal | conj |
| 7 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 obtaining | case |
| 9 | obtaining | obtaining | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 help | obl |
| 10 | help | help | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 means | ccomp |
| 11 | with | with | ADP | _ | 14 feelings | case |
| 12 | one | one | PRON | Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 feelings | nmod:poss |
| 13 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 12 one | case |
| 14 | feelings | feeling | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 help | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | It | normal property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | be | tree rules | |||||||
| 3 | mean | present | a normal | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 4 | help | present | of obtaining; with one's feelings | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with feeling=Theme |
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.
This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/reflection/29-getting-help-when-sadness-or-worry-wont-go-away/e4/