Exam question 4 · Getting through it: who helps, what helps, and looking back

In respect of the measures most commonly found helpful following distressing events, determine which statement is correct.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: statement · What happens: find, follow, distress, determine, be, respect · To what, where: respect, measures

This is exam question 4 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	In	in	ADP	_	2 respect	case
2	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 found	obl
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 measures	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 measures	det
5	measures	measure	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 respect	nmod
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 commonly	advmod
7	commonly	commonly	ADV	_	8 found	advmod
8	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	helpful	helpful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 following	amod
10	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 events	case
11	distressing	distress	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 events	amod
12	events	event	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 found	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 determine	punct
14	determine	determine	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 found	conj
15	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	16 statement	det
16	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 correct	nsubj
17	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 correct	cop
18	correct	correct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 determine	ccomp
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 found	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	find	past			respect of the measures	follow distressing events; commonly property	vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent
2	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	distress	gerund					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
4	determine	present					vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
5	is	present	which statement			correct property	tree rules
6	respect			the measures			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

The immediate abandonment of all ordinary activities and friendships indefinitely

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 abandonment	det
2	immediate	immediate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 abandonment	amod
3	abandonment	abandonment	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 activities	case
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 activities	det
6	ordinary	ordinary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 activities	amod
7	activities	activity	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 abandonment	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 friendships	cc
9	friendships	friendship	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 activities	conj
10	indefinitely	indefinitely	ADV	_	7 activities	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	abandon			all ordinary activities and friendships					nom abandonment «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

Concealment, pretence, and solitary waiting for the distress to pass

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Concealment	concealment	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 pretence	punct
3	pretence	pretence	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Concealment	conj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 solitary	punct
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 solitary	cc
6	solitary	solitary	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Concealment	conj
7	waiting	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 solitary	acl
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 distress	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 distress	det
10	distress	distress	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 waiting	obl
11	to	to	PART	_	12 pass	mark
12	pass	pass	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 waiting	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	gerund	solitary not said here					for the distress	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	pass	to-infinitive	solitary not said here						vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Speaking with a trusted person, remedying what can be remedied, and gradual steps over time

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Speaking	speak	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	with	with	ADP	_	5 person	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 person	det
4	trusted	trust	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 person	amod
5	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Speaking	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 remedying	punct
7	remedying	remedy	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Speaking	conj
8	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	11 remedied	obj
9	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 remedied	aux
10	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	11 remedied	aux:pass
11	remedied	remedy	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 remedying	ccomp
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 steps	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 steps	cc
14	gradual	gradual	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 steps	amod
15	steps	step	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Speaking	obl
16	over	over	ADP	_	17 time	case
17	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 steps	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	gerund	gradual steps over time	with a trusted person	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with person=Co-Agent
2	trust	participle			vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	remedy	gerund			tree rules
4	remedy	can · passive			vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: what=Patient

Option 4

Repeated private rehearsal of the distressing event without disclosure

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Repeated	repeat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 rehearsal	amod
2	private	private	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 rehearsal	amod
3	rehearsal	rehearsal	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 event	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 event	det
6	distressing	distress	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 event	amod
7	event	event	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rehearsal	nmod
8	without	without	ADP	_	9 disclosure	case
9	disclosure	disclosure	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 event	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	roles by
1	repeat	participle		vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	distress	gerund		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
3	rehearse		the distressing event without disclosure	nom rehearsal «act transitive»: of=patient

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