--- title: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises bore… — Boredom, excitement and pride · tree and pragmatics description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises boredom? Exam question 1 of lesson 93 «Boredom, excitement and pride» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/93-boredom-excitement-and-pride/e1/) [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/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Boredom, excitement and pride](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/93-boredom-excitement-and-pride/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Boredom, excitement and pride Which of the following statements most accurately characterises boredom? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** boredom This is exam question 1 of lesson 93 «Boredom, excitement and pride» 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/93-boredom-excitement-and-pride/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:93-boredom-excitement-and-pride:e1:1 # text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises boredom? 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 boredom boredom NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | 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 | | boredom | | | | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules | 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} Boredom is frequently the starting point of creativity ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:93-boredom-excitement-and-pride:e1:o1:1 # text = Boredom is frequently the starting point of creativity 1 Boredom boredom NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 3 frequently frequently ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 starting starting NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 point point NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 creativity creativity NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | Boredom | the starting point | | | | of creativity; frequently *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Boredom is a sign of an illness which requires medicine ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:93-boredom-excitement-and-pride:e1:o2:1 # text = Boredom is a sign of an illness which requires medicine 1 Boredom boredom NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 sign sign NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 illness illness NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 8 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 9 nsubj _ _ 9 requires require VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 acl:relcl _ _ 10 medicine medicine NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | Boredom | a sign | | | | of a illness | tree rules | | 2 | **require** | present | a illness | medicine | | | | | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme medicine=Precondition | ### Option 3 {#o3} Boredom is never experienced by truly intelligent children ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:93-boredom-excitement-and-pride:e1:o3:1 # text = Boredom is never experienced by truly intelligent children 1 Boredom boredom NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 3 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 experienced experience VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 truly truly ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 intelligent intelligent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **experience** | present · passive | intelligent children | Boredom | | | | | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer subject=Stimulus | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} Boredom can be cured only by television screens and video games ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:93-boredom-excitement-and-pride:e1:o4:1 # text = Boredom can be cured only by television screens and video games 1 Boredom boredom NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 cured cure VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 only only ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 by by ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 television television NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 screens screen NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 video video NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 games game NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cure** | can · passive | television screens and video games | Boredom | | | | | vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer subject=Source | **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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