Exam question 1 · When someone dies

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the purpose of a hospice?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: hospice · What happens: follow, characteris, purpose · To what, where: purpose

This is exam question 1 of lesson 24 «When someone dies» of the adult life 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 purpose	det
10	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 hospice	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 hospice	det
13	hospice	hospice	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 purpose	nmod
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the purpose of a hospice	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	purpose		a hospice			nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: of=agent

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

Option 1

To perform surgical operations with the intention of effecting a complete cure

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 perform	mark
2	perform	perform	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	surgical	surgical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 operations	amod
4	operations	operation	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 perform	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 intention	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 intention	det
7	intention	intention	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 perform	obl
8	of	of	SCONJ	_	9 effecting	mark
9	effecting	effect	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 intention	acl
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 cure	det
11	complete	complete	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 cure	amod
12	cure	cure	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 effecting	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	perform	to-infinitive		surgical operations				with the intention	vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent operation=Theme
2	effect	gerund	the intention not said here	a complete cure					tree rules

Option 2

To accommodate healthy elderly persons on holiday

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 accommodate	mark
2	accommodate	accommodate	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	healthy	healthy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 persons	amod
4	elderly	elderly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 persons	amod
5	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 accommodate	obj
6	on	on	ADP	_	7 holiday	case
7	holiday	holiday	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 accommodate	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	accommodate	to-infinitive		healthy elderly persons		holiday			vn adjust-26.9 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent person=Patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

To provide comfort and relief from pain to persons nearing the end of life

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 provide	mark
2	provide	provide	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	comfort	comfort	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 provide	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 relief	cc
5	relief	relief	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 comfort	conj
6	from	from	ADP	_	7 pain	case
7	pain	pain	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 provide	obl
8	to	to	ADP	_	9 persons	case
9	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 provide	obl
10	nearing	near	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 persons	acl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 end	det
12	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 nearing	obj
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 life	case
14	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 end	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	provide	to-infinitive		comfort and relief	persons	pain			vn fulfilling-13.4.1-2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent comfort=Theme to person=Recipient
2	near	gerund	persons not said here	the end of life					tree rules

Option 4

To provide educational instruction to medical students

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 provide	mark
2	provide	provide	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	educational	educational	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 instruction	amod
4	instruction	instruction	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 provide	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 students	case
6	medical	medical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 students	amod
7	students	student	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 provide	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	provide	to-infinitive		educational instruction	medical students				vn fulfilling-13.4.1-2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent instruction=Theme to student=Recipient

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