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Exam question 2 · What people leave behind

It is given that the sale of a deceased person's dwelling is deferred pending the grant of probate. Ascertain the nature of probate.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: give, decease, defer, pend, grant, ascertain · To what, where: It, sale, grant, probate, nature

This is exam question 2 of lesson 26 «What people leave behind» 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

Sentence 1: It is given that the sale of a deceased person's dwelling is deferred pending the grant of probate.

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 given	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	14 deferred	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sale	det
6	sale	sale	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 deferred	nsubj:pass
7	of	of	ADP	_	12 dwelling	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 person	det
9	deceased	decease	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 person	amod
10	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 dwelling	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 person	case
12	dwelling	dwelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sale	nmod
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 deferred	aux:pass
14	deferred	defer	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 given	advcl
15	pending	pend	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	14 deferred	xcomp
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 grant	det
17	grant	grant	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 pending	obj
18	of	of	ADP	_	19 probate	case
19	probate	probate	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 grant	nmod
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present · passive		It					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	decease	participle							vn die-42.4 «NP V»: agent=Patient
3	defer	present · passive		the sale of a deceased person's dwelling					tree rules
4	pend	gerund		the grant of probate					tree rules
5	grant			probate					nom grant «possession 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.

Sentence 2: Ascertain the nature of probate.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 nature	det
3	nature	nature	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 probate	case
5	probate	probate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 nature	nmod
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the nature of probate					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nature=Topic

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

A medical certificate confirming the cause and the time of the death

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 certificate	det
2	medical	medical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 certificate	amod
3	certificate	certificate	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	confirming	confirm	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 certificate	acl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 cause	det
6	cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 confirming	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 time	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 time	det
9	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cause	conj
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 death	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 death	det
12	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 time	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	confirm	gerund	a medical certificate not said here	the cause and the time of the death					vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot cause=Topic

Option 2

An agreement between neighbours concerning the property

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 agreement	det
2	agreement	agreement	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	between	between	ADP	_	4 neighbours	case
4	neighbours	neighbour	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 agreement	nmod
5	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 agreement	acl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 property	det
7	property	property	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 concerning	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	concern	gerund	a agreement between neighbours not said here	the property					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus property=Experiencer

Option 3

A religious ceremony held prior to burial

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 ceremony	det
2	religious	religious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 ceremony	amod
3	ceremony	ceremony	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	held	hold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 ceremony	acl
5	prior	prior	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	7 burial	case
6	to	to	ADP	_	5 prior	fixed
7	burial	burial	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 held	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	participle		a religious ceremony not said here				prior burial	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Official court permission to administer the deceased person's estate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Official	official	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 permission	amod
2	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 permission	compound
3	permission	permission	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 administer	mark
5	administer	administer	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 permission	acl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 person	det
7	deceased	decease	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 person	amod
8	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 estate	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 person	case
10	estate	estate	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 administer	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	administer	to-infinitive		the deceased person's estate					vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent estate=Theme
2	decease	participle							vn die-42.4 «NP V»: agent=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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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