Exam question 2 · When someone dies

Identify the principal meaning of the expression "passed away" when employed in respect of a person.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, pass away, employ, mean, respect · To what, where: principal meaning, expression, respect, person

This is exam question 2 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 meaning	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 meaning	amod
4	meaning	meaning	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 expression	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 expression	det
7	expression	expression	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 meaning	nmod
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 passed	punct
9	passed	pass	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 expression	acl
10	away	away	ADV	_	9 passed	advmod
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 passed	punct
12	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	13 employed	advmod
13	employed	employ	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 passed	advcl
14	in	in	ADP	_	15 respect	case
15	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 employed	obl
16	of	of	ADP	_	18 person	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 person	det
18	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 respect	nmod
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal meaning of the expression			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent meaning=Theme
2	pass away in a quote	participle		the expression not said here		away property	vn die-42.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
3	employ	participle			respect of a person		vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	mean			the expression			nom meaning «communication transitive»: of=patient
5	respect			a person			nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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

The person has walked past

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 person	det
2	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 walked	nsubj
3	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 walked	aux
4	walked	walk	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	past	past	ADV	_	4 walked	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	present · perfect	the person					past property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The person has died

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 person	det
2	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 died	nsubj
3	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 died	aux
4	died	die	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	die	present · perfect	the person						vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

Option 3

The person has relocated

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 person	det
2	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 relocated	nsubj:pass
3	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 relocated	aux
4	relocated	relocate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	relocate	present · perfect · passive		the person					tree rules

Option 4

The person has been admitted to hospital

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 person	det
2	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 admitted	nsubj:pass
3	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 admitted	aux
4	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 admitted	aux:pass
5	admitted	admit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 hospital	case
7	hospital	hospital	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 admitted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	admit speech: other	present · perfect · passive		the person	hospital				vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Topic to hospital=Recipient

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