Exam question 3 · Olympiad: reading hidden feelings in hard times ★★★

It is given that a classmate expresses anger without evident cause. Select the inference best supported by the course.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: classmate, you · What happens: give, express, select, support · To what, where: It, anger, inference

This is exam question 3 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

Sentence 1: It is given that a classmate expresses anger without evident cause.

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 given	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 expresses	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 classmate	det
6	classmate	classmate	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 expresses	nsubj
7	expresses	express	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	advcl
8	anger	anger	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 expresses	obj
9	without	without	ADP	_	11 cause	case
10	evident	evident	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 cause	amod
11	cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 expresses	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present · passive		It					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	express	present	a classmate	anger				without evident cause	vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anger=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.

Sentence 2: Select the inference best supported by the course.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 inference	det
3	inference	inference	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	best	well	ADV	Degree=Sup	5 supported	advmod
5	supported	support	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 inference	acl
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 course	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 course	det
8	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 supported	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the inference					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent inference=Theme
2	support	participle		the inference not said here				by the course; well property	vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer

The options

Option 1

Anger demonstrates the absence of any other feeling

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Anger	anger	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 demonstrates	nsubj
2	demonstrates	demonstrate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 absence	det
4	absence	absence	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 demonstrates	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 feeling	case
6	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	8 feeling	det
7	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 feeling	amod
8	feeling	feeling	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 absence	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	demonstrate	present	Anger	the absence of any other feeling					vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot absence=Topic
2	absent			any other feeling					nom absence «state transitive»: of=patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Anger may conceal hurt or fear arising from circumstances not visible to others

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Anger	anger	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 conceal	nsubj
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 conceal	aux
3	conceal	conceal	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	hurt	hurt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 fear	amod
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 fear	cc
6	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 conceal	obj
7	arising	arise	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 fear	acl
8	from	from	ADP	_	9 circumstances	case
9	circumstances	circumstance	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 arising	obl
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 visible	advmod
11	visible	visible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 circumstances	amod
12	to	to	ADP	_	13 others	case
13	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 visible	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	conceal	may	Anger	hurt fear		vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fear=Patient
2	hurt	participle				vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
3	arise	gerund	hurt fear not said here		circumstances	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Anger invariably signifies wrongdoing on the part of the person to whom it is addressed

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Anger	anger	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 signifies	nsubj
2	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	3 signifies	advmod
3	signifies	signify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	wrongdoing	wrongdoing	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 signifies	obj
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 part	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 part	det
7	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 signifies	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 person	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 person	det
10	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 part	nmod
11	to	to	PART	_	15 addressed	mark
12	whom	whom	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 addressed	obl
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 addressed	nsubj:pass
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 addressed	aux:pass
15	addressed	address	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 person	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	signify	present	Anger	wrongdoing		the part of the person		invariably property	vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot wrongdoing=Theme
2	address	present · passive	Anger not said here	Anger				the person obl	vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Destination

Option 4

Anger is an emotion experienced exclusively by adults

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Anger	anger	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 emotion	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 emotion	cop
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 emotion	det
4	emotion	emotion	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	experienced	experience	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 emotion	acl
6	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	5 experienced	advmod
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 adults	case
8	adults	adult	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 experienced	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Anger	a emotion					tree rules
2	experience	participle		a emotion not said here				by adults; exclusively property	vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer

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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