Exam question 2 · Bitten, lost, hurt: when fear stays after the danger

Identify the method most consistent with the established facts for the reduction of fear acquired through a bite or a fall.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, establish, acquire, reduce · To what, where: method, fear, bite

This is exam question 2 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 method	det
3	method	method	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	5 consistent	advmod
5	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Identify	ccomp
6	with	with	ADP	_	9 facts	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 facts	det
8	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 facts	amod
9	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 consistent	obl
10	for	for	ADP	_	12 reduction	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 reduction	det
12	reduction	reduction	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 facts	nmod
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 fear	case
14	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 reduction	nmod
15	acquired	acquire	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 fear	acl
16	through	through	ADP	_	18 bite	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 bite	det
18	bite	bite	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 acquired	obl
19	or	or	CCONJ	_	21 fall	cc
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 fall	det
21	fall	fall	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 bite	conj
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the method		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent method=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	acquire	participle		fear not said here	a bite or a fall	vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
4	reduce			fear		nom reduction «act 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

Ridicule of the frightened person by his companions

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ridicule	ridicule	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 person	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 person	det
4	frightened	frighten	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 person	amod
5	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ridicule	nmod
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 companions	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 companions	nmod:poss
8	companions	companion	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Ridicule	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	frighten	participle							vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
2	ridicule		person's companions	the frightened person					nom ridicule «communication transitive»: of=patient by=agent

Option 2

Sudden and compulsory exposure to the greatest danger

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sudden	sudden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 exposure	amod
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 compulsory	cc
3	compulsory	compulsory	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Sudden	conj
4	exposure	exposure	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	8 danger	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 danger	det
7	greatest	great	ADJ	Degree=Sup	8 danger	amod
8	danger	danger	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 exposure	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Gradual and safe renewed experience of the feared activity

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Gradual	gradual	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 experience	amod
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 safe	cc
3	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Gradual	conj
4	renewed	renew	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 experience	amod
5	experience	experience	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 activity	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 activity	det
8	feared	fear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 activity	amod
9	activity	activity	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 experience	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	roles by
1	renew	participle		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	fear	participle		vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	experience		the feared activity	nom experience «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

Total and permanent avoidance of the feared activity

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Total	total	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 avoidance	amod
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 permanent	cc
3	permanent	permanent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Total	conj
4	avoidance	avoidance	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 activity	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 activity	det
7	feared	fear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 activity	amod
8	activity	activity	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 avoidance	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fear	participle							vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	avoid			the feared activity					nom avoidance «act transitive»: of=patient

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