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Exam question 2 · Soft words for hard things: death and dying

It is given that a churchyard is described as the "final resting place" of a certain individual. Determine what is thereby asserted.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: give, describe, determine, assert · To what, where: It, churchyard

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1 «Soft words for hard things: death and dying» of the euphemisms 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 a churchyard is described as the "final resting place" of a certain individual.

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	_	8 described	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 churchyard	det
6	churchyard	churchyard	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 described	nsubj:pass
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 described	aux:pass
8	described	describe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 given	advcl
9	as	as	SCONJ	_	14 place	mark
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 place	det
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	14 place	punct
12	final	final	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 place	amod
13	resting	resting	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 place	compound
14	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 described	xcomp
15	"	"	PUNCT	_	14 place	punct
16	of	of	ADP	_	19 individual	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 individual	det
18	certain	certain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 individual	amod
19	individual	individual	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 place	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	describe	present · passive		a churchyard					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Theme

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: Determine what is thereby asserted.

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	.	.	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

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The individual is buried there

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 individual	det
2	individual	individual	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 buried	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 buried	aux:pass
4	buried	bury	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 buried	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bury	present · passive		the individual		there			vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2

The individual worked there

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 individual	det
2	individual	individual	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 worked	nsubj
3	worked	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 worked	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	work	past	the individual			there			vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

The individual last resided there

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 last	det
2	individual	individual	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 last	amod
3	last	last	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 resided	nsubj
4	resided	reside	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 resided	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reside	past	the individual last			there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

The individual habitually slept there

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 individual	det
2	individual	individual	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 slept	nsubj
3	habitually	habitually	ADV	_	4 slept	advmod
4	slept	sleep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 slept	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sleep	past	the individual			there		habitually property	vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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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