Exam question 3 · When someone dies

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning grief.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, response, established facts · What happens: select, be, establish, concern · To what, where: response, grief

This is exam question 3 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 consistent	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 consistent	cop
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	acl:relcl
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 facts	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 facts	det
9	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 facts	amod
10	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 consistent	obl
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 facts	acl
12	grief	grief	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	is	present	the response		with the established facts; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	grief		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus grief=Experiencer

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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It fluctuates over time and ordinarily diminishes over months and years

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 fluctuates	nsubj
2	fluctuates	fluctuate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	over	over	ADP	_	4 time	case
4	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fluctuates	obl
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 diminishes	cc
6	ordinarily	ordinarily	ADV	_	7 diminishes	advmod
7	diminishes	diminish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 fluctuates	conj
8	over	over	ADP	_	9 months	case
9	months	month	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 diminishes	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 years	cc
11	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 months	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fluctuate	present	It				time		vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
2	diminish	present					month	ordinarily property	vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

Option 2

It is experienced exclusively by adults and never by children

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 experienced	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 experienced	aux:pass
3	experienced	experience	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	3 experienced	advmod
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 adults	case
6	adults	adult	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 experienced	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 children	cc
8	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	10 children	advmod
9	by	by	ADP	_	10 children	case
10	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 adults	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	experience	present · passive	adults and children	It				exclusively property	vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer subject=Stimulus

Option 3

It remains constant and wholly unchanged for the remainder of a person's life

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 remains	nsubj
2	remains	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	constant	constant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 remains	xcomp
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 unchanged	cc
5	wholly	wholly	ADV	_	6 unchanged	advmod
6	unchanged	unchanged	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 constant	conj
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 remainder	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 remainder	det
9	remainder	remainder	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 unchanged	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	14 life	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 person	det
12	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 life	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 person	case
14	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 remainder	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remain	present	It					constant property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

It ceases entirely upon the conclusion of the funeral

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 ceases	nsubj
2	ceases	cease	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	2 ceases	advmod
4	upon	upon	ADP	_	6 conclusion	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 conclusion	det
6	conclusion	conclusion	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ceases	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 funeral	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 funeral	det
9	funeral	funeral	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 conclusion	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cease	present	It					upon the conclusion of the funeral; entirely property	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	conclude			the funeral					nom conclusion «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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