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title: Select the response that most accurately characterises a hangover. — Coffee, tea, wine and the pub · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response that most accurately characterises a hangover. Exam question 3 of lesson 27 «Coffee, tea, wine and the pub» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Exam question 3 · Coffee, tea, wine and the pub

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Select the response that most accurately characterises a hangover.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, most · **What happens:** select, characteris · **To what, where:** response, hangover

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 27 «Coffee, tea, wine and the pub» of the adult life 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/adult-life/27-coffee-tea-wine-and-the-pub/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:27-coffee-tea-wine-and-the-pub:e3:1
# text = Select the response that most accurately characterises a hangover.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	7	nsubj	_	_
6	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	hangover	hangover	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present | most | a hangover |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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 {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Unpleasant bodily effects on the day following excessive drinking

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:27-coffee-tea-wine-and-the-pub:e3:o1:1
# text = Unpleasant bodily effects on the day following excessive drinking
1	Unpleasant	unpleasant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
2	bodily	bodily	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	effects	effect	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	case	_	_
8	excessive	excessive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	drinking	drinking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | 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 |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A condition caused by the consumption of coffee

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:27-coffee-tea-wine-and-the-pub:e3:o2:1
# text = A condition caused by the consumption of coffee
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	condition	condition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	caused	cause	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	consumption	consumption	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	coffee	coffee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | participle |  | a condition *not said here* |  |  |  | by the consumption of coffee | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition |
| 2 | **consume** |  |  | coffee |  |  |  |  | nom consumption «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A pleasant sensation experienced during the consumption of fine wine

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:27-coffee-tea-wine-and-the-pub:e3:o3:1
# text = A pleasant sensation experienced during the consumption of fine wine
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	pleasant	pleasant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	sensation	sensation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	experienced	experience	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	during	during	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	consumption	consumption	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	wine	wine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **experience** | participle |  | a pleasant sensation *not said here* |  |  | during the consumption of fine wine |  | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **consume** |  |  | fine wine |  |  |  |  | nom consumption «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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An illness contracted from another person at a party

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:27-coffee-tea-wine-and-the-pub:e3:o4:1
# text = An illness contracted from another person at a party
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	illness	illness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	contracted	contract	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	det	_	_
6	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **contract** | participle |  | a illness *not said here* |  | a party |  | from another person | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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