Exam question 4 · What people leave behind
Determine what is thereby asserted when it is stated that a deceased person "had life insurance".
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, deceased person · What happens: determine, assert, state, decease, have · To what, where: it, life insurance · Speech: someone speaks here
This is exam question 4 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Determine | determine | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 asserted | obj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 asserted | aux:pass |
| 4 | thereby | thereby | ADV | _ | 5 asserted | advmod |
| 5 | asserted | assert | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Determine | ccomp |
| 6 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 9 stated | advmod |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 stated | nsubj:pass |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 stated | aux:pass |
| 9 | stated | state | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 asserted | advcl |
| 10 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 15 had | mark |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 person | det |
| 12 | deceased | decease | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 13 person | amod |
| 13 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 had | nsubj |
| 14 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 15 had | punct |
| 15 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 stated | ccomp |
| 16 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 insurance | compound |
| 17 | insurance | insurance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 had | obj |
| 18 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 17 insurance | punct |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Determine | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | determine | imperative | you not said here | vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | assert | present · passive | you not said here | thereby property | vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: what=Theme | ||||
| 3 | state speech: other | present · passive | it | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | decease | participle | vn die-42.4 «NP V»: agent=Patient | ||||||
| 5 | have in a quote | past | a deceased person | life insurance | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent insurance=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 · ← Mova's choice
The family is excused from attending the funeral
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 family | det |
| 2 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 excused | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 excused | aux:pass |
| 4 | excused | excuse | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | from | from | SCONJ | _ | 6 attending | mark |
| 6 | attending | attend | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 excused | advcl |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 funeral | det |
| 8 | funeral | funeral | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 attending | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | excuse | present · passive | the family | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | attend | gerund | the funeral | vn attend-107.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme funeral=Goal |
Option 2
The death may be reversed upon application to the insurer
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 death | det |
| 2 | death | death | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 reversed | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 reversed | aux |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 reversed | aux:pass |
| 5 | reversed | reverse | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 7 application | case |
| 7 | application | application | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 reversed | obl |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 insurer | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 insurer | det |
| 10 | insurer | insurer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 reversed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reverse | may · passive | the death | upon application; to the insurer | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient |
Option 3
The family is legally required to pay the deceased person's debts twice
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 family | det |
| 2 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 required | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 required | aux:pass |
| 4 | legally | legally | ADV | _ | 5 required | advmod |
| 5 | required | require | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 pay | mark |
| 7 | pay | pay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 required | xcomp |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def 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 debts | nmod:poss |
| 11 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 10 person | case |
| 12 | debts | debt | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 pay | obj |
| 13 | twice | twice | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 7 pay | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | require | present · passive | the family | legally property | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | pay | to-infinitive | the deceased person's debts | twice property | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent debt=Asset | ||||
| 3 | decease | participle | vn die-42.4 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
A sum of money becomes payable to the family upon the death
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 sum | det |
| 2 | sum | sum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 becomes | nsubj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 money | case |
| 4 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 sum | nmod |
| 5 | becomes | become | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | payable | payable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 becomes | xcomp |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 family | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 family | det |
| 9 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 payable | obl |
| 10 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 12 death | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 death | det |
| 12 | death | death | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 payable | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | become | present | a sum of money | payable property | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 2 | sum | money | nom sum «possession transitive»: of=patient |
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