Exam question 1 · Chased, trapped, frightened: scary moments that come back…

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the appropriate response of a child who has been pursued and threatened?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris, pursue, threaten · To what, where: appropriate response, child

This is exam question 1 of lesson 7 «Chased, trapped, frightened: scary moments that come back at night» 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	11 response	det
10	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 response	amod
11	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 child	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 child	det
14	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 response	nmod
15	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	18 pursued	nsubj:pass
16	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 pursued	aux
17	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	18 pursued	aux:pass
18	pursued	pursue	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 child	acl:relcl
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 threatened	cc
20	threatened	threaten	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	18 pursued	conj
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the appropriate response of a child	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	pursue	present · perfect · passive	a child		vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
4	threaten	participle			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

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 right answer

Disclosure to a trusted adult on the same day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Disclosure	disclosure	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	to	to	ADP	_	5 adult	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 adult	det
4	trusted	trust	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 adult	amod
5	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Disclosure	nmod
6	on	on	ADP	_	9 day	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 day	det
8	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 day	amod
9	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Disclosure	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	trust	participle							vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Concealment of the incident and the adoption of secret routes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Concealment	concealment	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 incident	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 incident	det
4	incident	incident	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Concealment	nmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 adoption	cc
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 adoption	det
7	adoption	adoption	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Concealment	conj
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 routes	case
9	secret	secret	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 routes	compound
10	routes	route	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 adoption	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conceal			the incident					nom concealment «state transitive»: of=patient
2	adopt			secret routes					nom adoption «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

Permanent absence from school pending their departure

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Permanent	permanent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 absence	amod
2	absence	absence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	4 school	case
4	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 absence	nmod
5	pending	pend	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 absence	acl
6	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 departure	nmod:poss
7	departure	departure	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pending	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pend	gerund	Permanent absence from school not said here	their departure					tree rules
2	depart		their = they						nom departure «act intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

Retaliation against the aggressors without assistance

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Retaliation	retaliation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	against	against	ADP	_	4 aggressors	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 aggressors	det
4	aggressors	aggressor	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Retaliation	nmod
5	without	without	ADP	_	6 assistance	case
6	assistance	assistance	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 aggressors	nmod

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

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