--- title: Identify the principal reason for which anger may be expressed impul… — Losing well and winning well · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the principal reason for which anger may be expressed impulsively immediately following competitive defeat. Exam question 1 of lesson 67 «Losing well and winning well» of the medicine course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/67-losing-well-and-winning-well/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/) / [Medicine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/) / [Losing well and winning well](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/67-losing-well-and-winning-well/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Losing well and winning well Identify the principal reason for which anger may be expressed impulsively immediately following competitive defeat. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, express, follow · **To what, where:** principal reason, anger, competitive defeat This is exam question 1 of lesson 67 «Losing well and winning well» of the medicine 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/medicine/67-losing-well-and-winning-well/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:67-losing-well-and-winning-well:e1:1 # text = Identify the principal reason for which anger may be expressed impulsively immediately following competitive defeat. 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 10 obl _ _ 7 anger anger NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj:pass _ _ 8 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 9 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 expressed express VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl:relcl _ _ 11 impulsively impulsively ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 12 immediately immediately ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 following follow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ _ 14 competitive competitive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 defeat defeat NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | 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 | **express** | may · passive | | anger | | | | for the principal reason; impulsively *property* | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 3 | **follow** | gerund | | competitive defeat | | | | immediately *property* | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent defeat=Theme | 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} An excess of oxygen in the blood ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:67-losing-well-and-winning-well:e1:o1:1 # text = An excess of oxygen in the blood 1 An a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 excess excess NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 oxygen oxygen NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Dehydration of the muscles of the arm ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:67-losing-well-and-winning-well:e1:o2:1 # text = Dehydration of the muscles of the arm 1 Dehydration dehydration NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 muscles muscle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 nmod _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 arm arm NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dehydrate** | | | the muscles of the arm | | | | | nom dehydration «state transitive»: of=patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} The influence of the opposing team's supporters ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:67-losing-well-and-winning-well:e1:o3:1 # text = The influence of the opposing team's supporters 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 influence influence NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 opposing oppose VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 amod _ _ 6 team team NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 supporters supporter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **oppose** | gerund | | | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Elevated adrenaline precedes the restraint of deliberate thought ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:67-losing-well-and-winning-well:e1:o4:1 # text = Elevated adrenaline precedes the restraint of deliberate thought 1 Elevated elevate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 amod _ _ 2 adrenaline adrenaline NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 precedes precede VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 restraint restraint NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 deliberate deliberate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 thought thought NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **elevate** | participle | | | | | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **precede** | present | Elevated adrenaline | the restraint of deliberate thought | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme restraint=Co-Theme | | 3 | **restrain** | | | deliberate thought | | | | | nom restraint «act transitive»: of=patient | **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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