Exam question 1 · Bitten, lost, hurt: when fear stays after the danger

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the persistence of fear subsequent to a frightening event?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: persistence

This is exam question 1 of lesson 6 «Bitten, lost, hurt: when fear stays after the danger» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 persistence	det
10	persistence	persistence	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 subsequent	case
12	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 subsequent	compound
13	subsequent	subsequent	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 persistence	nmod
14	to	to	ADP	_	17 event	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 event	det
16	frightening	frightening	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 event	amod
17	event	event	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the persistence of fear subsequent				of the following statements; to a frightening event; accurately property	tree rules

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

Fear persists only in persons of a nervous disposition

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 persists	nsubj
2	persists	persist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	only	only	ADV	_	5 persons	advmod
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 persons	case
5	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 persists	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 disposition	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 disposition	det
8	nervous	nervous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 disposition	amod
9	disposition	disposition	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 persons	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	persist	present	Fear	persons of a nervous disposition					tree rules

Option 2

Fear invariably ceases upon the conclusion of the danger

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ceases	nsubj
2	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	3 ceases	advmod
3	ceases	cease	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	upon	upon	ADP	_	6 conclusion	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 conclusion	det
6	conclusion	conclusion	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ceases	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 danger	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 danger	det
9	danger	danger	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 conclusion	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cease	present	Fear					upon the conclusion of the danger; invariably property	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	conclude			the danger					nom conclusion «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The body may remain on alert for a period which commonly diminishes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 body	det
2	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 remain	nsubj
3	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 remain	aux
4	remain	remain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	on	on	ADP	_	6 alert	case
6	alert	alert	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 remain	obl
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 period	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 period	det
9	period	period	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 remain	obl
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 diminishes	nsubj
11	commonly	commonly	ADV	_	12 diminishes	advmod
12	diminishes	diminish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 period	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remain	may	the body			alert		for a period	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on alert=Location
2	diminish	present	a period					commonly property	vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

Option 4

Fear subsequent to an event invariably endures for life

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 subsequent	compound
2	subsequent	subsequent	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 endures	nsubj
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 event	case
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 event	det
5	event	event	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 subsequent	nmod
6	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	7 endures	advmod
7	endures	endure	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 life	case
9	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 endures	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	endure	present	Fear subsequent to a event					for life; invariably property	vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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