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# Exam question 1 · Big feelings in big people

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Identify the principal reason for which a parent's expression of anger may exceed the magnitude of the immediate provocation.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, expression · **What happens:** identify, exceed · **To what, where:** principal reason, magnitude

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 36 «Big feelings in big people» 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/36-big-feelings-in-big-people/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:36-big-feelings-in-big-people:e1:1
# text = Identify the principal reason for which a parent's expression of anger may exceed the magnitude of the immediate provocation.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	14	obl	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	parent	parent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	expression	expression	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	anger	anger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
13	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
14	exceed	exceed	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	acl:relcl	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	magnitude	magnitude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	immediate	immediate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	provocation	provocation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal reason |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme |
| 2 | **exceed** | may | a parent's expression of anger | the magnitude of the immediate provocation |  |  |  | for the principal reason | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot magnitude=Theme |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The provocation is invariably more serious than it appears

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:36-big-feelings-in-big-people:e1:o1:1
# text = The provocation is invariably more serious than it appears
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	provocation	provocation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	invariably	invariably	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	6	advmod	_	_
6	serious	serious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	than	than	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	appears	appear	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the provocation |  |  |  |  | serious *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **appear** | present | it |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Additional, unrelated concerns may be compounding the emotion

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:36-big-feelings-in-big-people:e1:o2:1
# text = Additional, unrelated concerns may be compounding the emotion
1	Additional	additional	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	unrelated	unrelated	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	concerns	concern	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
5	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	aux	_	_
7	compounding	compound	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	emotion	emotion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **compound** | may · progressive | Additional unrelated concerns | the emotion |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent emotion=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Adults are incapable of regulating the volume of speech

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:36-big-feelings-in-big-people:e1:o3:1
# text = Adults are incapable of regulating the volume of speech
1	Adults	adult	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	incapable	incapable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	regulating	regulate	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	volume	volume	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	speech	speech	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Adults |  |  |  |  | incapable *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **regulate** | gerund | Adults *not said here* | the volume of speech |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Parental affection is withdrawn in proportion to the offence

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:36-big-feelings-in-big-people:e1:o4:1
# text = Parental affection is withdrawn in proportion to the offence
1	Parental	parental	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	affection	affection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	withdrawn	withdraw	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	proportion	proportion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	offence	offence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **withdraw** | present · passive |  | Parental affection |  | proportion |  | to the offence | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

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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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