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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises an abdominal pain arising whenever a feared activity is proposed? Exam question 3 of lesson 402 «Nightmares after a scary game» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and
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# Exam question 3 · Nightmares after a scary game

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises an abdominal pain arising whenever a feared activity is proposed?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** abdominal pain · **What happens:** follow, characteris, arise, fear, propose · **To what, where:** abdominal pain, feared activity

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 402 «Nightmares after a scary game» 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/402-nightmares-and-scary-pictures/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:402-nightmares-and-scary-pictures:e3:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises an abdominal pain arising whenever a feared activity is proposed?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	abdominal	abdominal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	pain	pain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
12	arising	arise	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	acl	_	_
13	whenever	whenever	SCONJ	WRB	_	18	mark	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	feared	fear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	16	amod	_	_
16	activity	activity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj:pass	_	_
17	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	aux:pass	_	_
18	proposed	propose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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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 |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | a abdominal pain |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **arise** | gerund | a abdominal pain *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **fear** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 5 | **propose** | present · passive |  | a feared activity |  |  |  |  | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: subject=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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It is invariably caused by food eaten beforehand

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:402-nightmares-and-scary-pictures:e3:o1:1
# text = It is invariably caused by food eaten beforehand
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	invariably	invariably	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	caused	cause	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	eaten	eat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
8	beforehand	beforehand	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  | by food; invariably *property* | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **eat** | participle |  | food *not said here* |  |  |  | beforehand *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It indicates an allergy to the activity

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:402-nightmares-and-scary-pictures:e3:o2:1
# text = It indicates an allergy to the activity
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	indicates	indicate	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	allergy	allergy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	activity	activity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **indicate** | present | It | a allergy |  |  |  | to the activity | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot allergy=Topic |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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It may be a physical manifestation of anxiety

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:402-nightmares-and-scary-pictures:e3:o3:1
# text = It may be a physical manifestation of anxiety
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
2	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	physical	physical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	manifestation	manifestation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	anxiety	anxiety	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | may | It | a physical manifestation |  |  |  | of anxiety | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It is necessarily feigned

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:402-nightmares-and-scary-pictures:e3:o4:1
# text = It is necessarily feigned
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	necessarily	necessarily	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	feigned	feign	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feign** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  | necessarily *property* | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

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