Exam question 3 · Scary films, games, hospitals and what helps

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the creaking of houses at night.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts, houses · What happens: select, establish, concern, creak · To what, where: response, creaking

This is exam question 3 of lesson 71 «Scary films, games, hospitals and what helps» 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 creaking	det
11	creaking	creaking	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 houses	case
13	houses	house	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 creaking	nmod
14	at	at	ADP	_	15 night	case
15	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response		consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle					vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the creaking of houses	night		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus creaking=Experiencer
4	creak		houses				nom creaking «event intransitive»: of=agent

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

It occurs only in houses where a death has taken place

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	2 occurs	nsubj
2	occurs	occur	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	only	only	ADV	_	5 houses	advmod
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 houses	case
5	houses	house	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 occurs	obj
6	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	10 taken	advmod
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 death	det
8	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 taken	nsubj:pass
9	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 taken	aux
10	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 houses	acl:relcl
11	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 taken	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	occur	present	It	houses					tree rules
2	take	present · perfect · passive		a death					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme place=Destination

Option 2

It results from the presence of the spirits of the dead

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	2 results	nsubj
2	results	result	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	5 presence	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 presence	det
5	presence	presence	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 results	nmod
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 spirits	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 spirits	det
8	spirits	spirit	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 presence	nmod
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 dead	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 dead	det
11	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 spirits	nmod

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

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It results from the cooling of materials and the action of wind

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	2 results	nsubj
2	results	result	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	5 cooling	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 cooling	det
5	cooling	cooling	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 results	nmod
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 materials	case
7	materials	material	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 cooling	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 action	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 action	det
10	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 materials	conj
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 wind	case
12	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 action	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cool			materials and the action of wind					nom cooling «process transitive»: of=patient
2	act		wind						nom action «act intransitive»: of=agent

Option 4

It indicates that an earthquake is imminent

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	2 indicates	nsubj
2	indicates	indicate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 imminent	mark
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 earthquake	det
5	earthquake	earthquake	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 imminent	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 imminent	cop
7	imminent	imminent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 indicates	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	indicate	present	It						vn indicate-78-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot
2	is	present	a earthquake					imminent property	tree rules

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