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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the relationship between loneliness and withdrawal? Exam question 1 of lesson 23 «When nobody sits with you: making friends again» of the reflection course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questio
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# Exam question 1 · When nobody sits with you: making friends again

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the relationship between loneliness and withdrawal?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** relationship

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 23 «When nobody sits with you: making friends again» of the reflection 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/reflection/23-when-nobody-sits-with-you-making-friends-again/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:23-when-nobody-sits-with-you-making-friends-again:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the relationship between loneliness and withdrawal?
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	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	relationship	relationship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	between	between	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	loneliness	loneliness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	withdrawal	withdrawal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	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 |  | the relationship and withdrawal |  |  |  | of the following statements; between loneliness; accurately *property* | tree rules |

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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 {#o1}

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Withdrawal invariably remedies loneliness within a week

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:23-when-nobody-sits-with-you-making-friends-again:e1:o1:1
# text = Withdrawal invariably remedies loneliness within a week
1	Withdrawal	withdrawal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	invariably	invariably	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	remedies	remedy	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	loneliness	loneliness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	within	within	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remedy** | present | Withdrawal | loneliness |  |  | week | invariably *property* | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent loneliness=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Loneliness and withdrawal are wholly unconnected and arise independently

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:23-when-nobody-sits-with-you-making-friends-again:e1:o2:1
# text = Loneliness and withdrawal are wholly unconnected and arise independently
1	Loneliness	loneliness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	withdrawal	withdrawal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	wholly	wholly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	unconnected	unconnected	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	arise	arise	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
9	independently	independently	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Loneliness and withdrawal |  |  |  |  | unconnected, wholly *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **arise** | present | Loneliness and withdrawal *not said here* |  |  |  |  | independently *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

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Withdrawal tends to aggravate loneliness, forming a self-reinforcing circle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:23-when-nobody-sits-with-you-making-friends-again:e1:o3:1
# text = Withdrawal tends to aggravate loneliness, forming a self-reinforcing circle
1	Withdrawal	withdrawal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	tends	tend	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	aggravate	aggravate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	loneliness	loneliness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	forming	form	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
9	self	self	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	reinforcing	reinforce	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	12	amod	_	_
12	circle	circle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tend** | present | Withdrawal |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **aggravate** | to-infinitive | Withdrawal *not said here* | loneliness |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus loneliness=Experiencer |
| 3 | **form** | gerund | Withdrawal *not said here* | a reinforcing circle |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location circle=Theme |
| 4 | **reinforce** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn support-15.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Loneliness arises solely in persons who are unlikeable

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:23-when-nobody-sits-with-you-making-friends-again:e1:o4:1
# text = Loneliness arises solely in persons who are unlikeable
1	Loneliness	loneliness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	arises	arise	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	solely	solely	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
7	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	unlikeable	unlikeable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **arise** | present | Loneliness |  |  |  |  | in persons; solely *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in person=Location |
| 2 | **is** | present | persons |  |  |  |  | unlikeable *property* | tree rules |

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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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