--- title: Whereas an adult maintains, contrary to the evidence, that he is not… — Big feelings in big people · tree and pragmatics description: Whereas an adult maintains, contrary to the evidence, that he is not lost, determine the emotion most probably responsible for his assertion. Exam question 3 of lesson 36 «Big feelings in big people» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the qu --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/36-big-feelings-in-big-people/e3/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Adult life](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/) / [Big feelings in big people](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/36-big-feelings-in-big-people/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Big feelings in big people Whereas an adult maintains, contrary to the evidence, that he is not lost, determine the emotion most probably responsible for his assertion. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** adult, you · **What happens:** maintain, not lose, determine, assert · **To what, where:** adult, emotion This is exam question 3 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/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:36-big-feelings-in-big-people:e3:1 # text = Whereas an adult maintains, contrary to the evidence, that he is not lost, determine the emotion most probably responsible for his assertion. 1 Whereas whereas SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 adult adult NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 maintains maintain VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 contrary contrary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 evidence evidence NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 11 that that SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 13 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux:pass _ _ 14 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 15 advmod _ _ 15 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 17 determine determine VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 emotion emotion NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 20 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 22 advmod _ _ 21 probably probably ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 responsible responsible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 23 for for ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 assertion assertion NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 . . PUNCT . _ 17 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **maintain** | present | a adult | | | | | contrary *property* | vn declare-29.4-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **not** **lose** | present · passive | | adult | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 3 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | the emotion | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent emotion=Topic | | 4 | **assert** | | adult | | | | | | nom assertion «communication transitive»: poss=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 {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Loneliness ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:36-big-feelings-in-big-people:e3:o1:1 # text = Loneliness 1 Loneliness loneliness NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Pride ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:36-big-feelings-in-big-people:e3:o2:1 # text = Pride 1 Pride pride NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Jealousy ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:36-big-feelings-in-big-people:e3:o3:1 # text = Jealousy 1 Jealousy jealousy NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Grief ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:36-big-feelings-in-big-people:e3:o4:1 # text = Grief 1 Grief grief NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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