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description: Identify the principal physiological manifestations of fear as observed in the pupil hereinafter referred to as Sam. Exam question 2 of lesson 366 «Sam is scared: fear is normal» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opti
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# Exam question 2 · Sam is scared: fear is normal

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Identify the principal physiological manifestations of fear as observed in the pupil hereinafter referred to as Sam.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, observe, refer, manifest · **To what, where:** principal physiological manifestations, fear

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 366 «Sam is scared: fear is normal» of the everyday 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/everyday/366-sam-is-scared-fear-is-normal/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:366-sam-is-scared-fear-is-normal:e2:1
# text = Identify the principal physiological manifestations of fear as observed in the pupil hereinafter referred to as Sam.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	physiological	physiological	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	manifestations	manifestation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	fear	fear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
9	observed	observe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	advcl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	hereinafter	hereinafter	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	referred	refer	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
15	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	obl	_	_
16	as	as	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	Sam	Sam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	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 physiological manifestations of fear |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent manifestation=Theme |
| 2 | **observe** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | in the pupil | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **refer** | past |  |  |  |  |  | as Sam; hereinafter *property* | vn relate-86.2-2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **manifest** |  |  | fear |  |  |  |  | nom manifestation «event transitive»: of=patient |

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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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A reduction in heart rate together with marked drowsiness

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:366-sam-is-scared-fear-is-normal:e2:o1:1
# text = A reduction in heart rate together with marked drowsiness
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	reduction	reduction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	heart	heart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	rate	rate	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	together	together	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	marked	mark	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	amod	_	_
9	drowsiness	drowsiness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rate** | present | a reduction in heart |  |  |  |  | with marked drowsiness; together *property* | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **mark** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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

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An accelerated heartbeat and a tightened stomach

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:366-sam-is-scared-fear-is-normal:e2:o2:1
# text = An accelerated heartbeat and a tightened stomach
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	accelerated	accelerate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	heartbeat	heartbeat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	tightened	tighten	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
7	stomach	stomach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accelerate** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **tighten** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Improved concentration upon reading matter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:366-sam-is-scared-fear-is-normal:e2:o3:1
# text = Improved concentration upon reading matter
1	Improved	improve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	amod	_	_
2	concentration	concentration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	upon	upon	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	reading	read	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
5	matter	matter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **improve** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **read** | gerund | Improved concentration *not said here* | matter |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent matter=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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An increase in appetite and calmness

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:366-sam-is-scared-fear-is-normal:e2:o4:1
# text = An increase in appetite and calmness
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	increase	increase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	appetite	appetite	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	calmness	calmness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

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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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