Exam question 2 · Getting through it: who helps, what helps, and looking back

Identify the principal reason for which a child is advised against "bottling up" his difficulties.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, advise, bottle up · To what, where: principal reason, child, difficulties · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 2 of lesson 30 «Getting through it: who helps, what helps, and looking back» 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	1 Identify	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 advised	obl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 child	det
8	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 advised	nsubj:pass
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 advised	aux:pass
10	advised	advise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 reason	acl:relcl
11	against	against	SCONJ	_	13 bottling	mark
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 bottling	punct
13	bottling	bottle	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 advised	advcl
14	up	up	ADP	_	13 bottling	compound:prt
15	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 bottling	punct
16	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 difficulties	nmod:poss
17	difficulties	difficulty	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 bottling	obj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal reason		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	advise speech: other	present · passive		a child	for the principal reason	vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient
3	bottle up in a quote	gerund		child's difficulties		vn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent difficulty=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

Difficulties disappear entirely when concealed for a period of one month or more

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Difficulties	difficulty	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 disappear	nsubj
2	disappear	disappear	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	2 disappear	advmod
4	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	5 concealed	advmod
5	concealed	conceal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 disappear	advcl
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 period	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 period	det
8	period	period	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 concealed	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 month	case
10	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 month	nummod
11	month	month	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 period	nmod
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 more	cc
13	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	8 period	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	disappear	present	Difficulties					entirely property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	conceal	participle	Difficulties not said here					for a period of one month	vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Disclosure invariably doubles the magnitude of the difficulty

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Disclosure	disclosure	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 doubles	nsubj
2	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	3 doubles	advmod
3	doubles	double	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 magnitude	det
5	magnitude	magnitude	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 doubles	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 difficulty	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 difficulty	det
8	difficulty	difficulty	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 magnitude	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	double	present	Disclosure	the magnitude of the difficulty				invariably property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent magnitude=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Concealed difficulties tend to become heavier and remain unaddressed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Concealed	conceal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 difficulties	amod
2	difficulties	difficulty	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 tend	nsubj
3	tend	tend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 become	mark
5	become	become	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 tend	xcomp
6	heavier	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 become	xcomp
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 remain	cc
8	remain	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 tend	conj
9	unaddressed	unaddressed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 remain	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	conceal	participle			vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	tend	present	Concealed difficulties		tree rules
3	become	to-infinitive	Concealed difficulties not said here	heavy property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
4	remain	present	Concealed difficulties not said here	unaddressed property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Parents are prohibited from assisting with disclosed difficulties

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 prohibited	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 prohibited	aux:pass
3	prohibited	prohibit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	from	from	SCONJ	_	5 assisting	mark
5	assisting	assist	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 prohibited	advcl
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 difficulties	case
7	disclosed	disclose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 difficulties	amod
8	difficulties	difficulty	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 assisting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	prohibit	present · passive	Parents		vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	assist	gerund		with disclosed difficulties	vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with difficulty=Theme
3	disclose	participle			vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot

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