Exam question 2 · Getting old: how long people and animals live

Identify the principal cause of forgetfulness in an elderly person diagnosed with dementia.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, diagnose, cause · To what, where: principal cause, elderly person, forgetfulness

This is exam question 2 of lesson 52 «Getting old: how long people and animals live» of the religion ethics 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	4 cause	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 cause	amod
4	cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 forgetfulness	case
6	forgetfulness	forgetfulness	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cause	nmod
7	in	in	ADP	_	10 person	case
8	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 person	det
9	elderly	elderly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 person	amod
10	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 forgetfulness	nmod
11	diagnosed	diagnose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 person	acl
12	with	with	ADP	_	13 dementia	case
13	dementia	dementia	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 diagnosed	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal cause of forgetfulness in a elderly person		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent cause=Theme
2	diagnose	participle		a elderly person not said here	with dementia	vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent
3	cause			forgetfulness in a elderly person		nom cause «event 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 · ✓ the right answer

An illness affecting the brain, not any diminution of affection

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 illness	det
2	illness	illness	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 affecting	nsubj
3	affecting	affect	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 brain	det
5	brain	brain	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 affecting	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 diminution	punct
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 diminution	advmod
8	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	9 diminution	det
9	diminution	diminution	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 affecting	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 affection	case
11	affection	affection	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 diminution	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	affect	gerund	a illness	the brain				any diminution of affection obl	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus brain=Experiencer
2	diminish		affection						nom diminution «process intransitive»: of=agent

Option 2

A lack of love for the members of the family

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 lack	det
2	lack	lack	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 love	case
4	love	love	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lack	nmod
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 members	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 members	det
7	members	member	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 lack	nmod
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 family	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 family	det
10	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 members	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lack			love				for the members of the family	nom lack «state transitive»: of=patient for=obl

Option 3

Excessive attendance at social occasions

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Excessive	excessive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 attendance	amod
2	attendance	attendance	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	5 occasions	case
4	social	social	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 occasions	amod
5	occasions	occasion	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 attendance	nmod

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

Option 4

A deliberate refusal to recall the names of relatives and friends

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 refusal	det
2	deliberate	deliberate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 refusal	amod
3	refusal	refusal	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 recall	mark
5	recall	recall	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 refusal	acl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 names	det
7	names	name	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 recall	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 relatives	case
9	relatives	relative	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 names	nmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 friends	cc
11	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 names	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	recall	to-infinitive		the names of relatives and friends					vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Theme
2	name			relatives					nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient

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