Exam question 1 · Olympiad: reading hidden feelings in hard times ★★★

Identify the statement most consistent with the observation that a bereaved pupil laughs in the morning and weeps in the evening.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, bereaved pupil · What happens: identify, laugh, weep · To what, where: statement

This is exam question 1 of lesson 31 «Olympiad: reading hidden feelings in hard times ★★★» 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	3 statement	det
3	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	5 consistent	advmod
5	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 statement	amod
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 observation	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 observation	det
8	observation	observation	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 consistent	obl
9	that	that	SCONJ	_	13 laughs	mark
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 pupil	det
11	bereaved	bereaved	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 pupil	amod
12	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 laughs	nsubj
13	laughs	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Identify	advcl
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 morning	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 morning	det
16	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 laughs	obl
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 weeps	cc
18	weeps	weep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 laughs	conj
19	in	in	ADP	_	21 evening	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 evening	det
21	evening	evening	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 weeps	obl
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the statement		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent statement=Theme
2	laugh	present	a bereaved pupil		morning	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	weep	present	a bereaved pupil not said here		evening	vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

Such alternation indicates indifference to the loss

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 alternation	amod
2	alternation	alternation	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 indicates	nsubj
3	indicates	indicate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	indifference	indifference	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 indicates	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 loss	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 loss	det
7	loss	loss	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 indicates	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	indicate	present	Such alternation	indifference				to the loss	vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot indifference=Topic

Option 2

The laughter demonstrates that the bereavement has been resolved

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 laughter	det
2	laughter	laughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 demonstrates	nsubj
3	demonstrates	demonstrate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 resolved	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 bereavement	det
6	bereavement	bereavement	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 resolved	nsubj:pass
7	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 resolved	aux
8	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	9 resolved	aux:pass
9	resolved	resolve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 demonstrates	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	demonstrate	present	the laughter						vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	resolve	present · perfect · passive		the bereavement					tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Grief characteristically fluctuates, and both responses are genuine

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grief	grief	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fluctuates	nsubj
2	characteristically	characteristically	ADV	_	3 fluctuates	advmod
3	fluctuates	fluctuate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 genuine	punct
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 genuine	cc
6	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	7 responses	det
7	responses	response	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 genuine	nsubj
8	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 genuine	cop
9	genuine	genuine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 fluctuates	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fluctuate	present	Grief					characteristically property	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
2	is	present	both responses					genuine property	tree rules

Option 4

The weeping is feigned in order to obtain attention

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 weeping	det
2	weeping	weeping	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 feigned	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 feigned	aux:pass
4	feigned	feign	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	8 obtain	mark
6	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 in	fixed
7	to	to	PART	_	8 obtain	mark
8	obtain	obtain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 feigned	advcl
9	attention	attention	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 obtain	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feign	present · passive		the weeping					vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	obtain	to-infinitive		attention					vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset attention=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.

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