Exam question 2 · Family changes and grief

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises death?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: death

This is exam question 2 of lesson 214 «Family changes and grief» of the everyday 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		death				of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules

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 returns after some time

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	3 returns	nsubj
3	returns	return	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	after	after	ADP	_	6 time	case
5	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	6 time	det
6	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 returns	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	return	present	the person				time		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The body ceases to function permanently and the person cannot return

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 body	det
2	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ceases	nsubj
3	ceases	cease	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 function	mark
5	function	function	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 ceases	xcomp
6	permanently	permanently	ADV	_	5 function	advmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 return	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 person	det
9	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 return	nsubj
10	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 return	aux
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 return	advmod
12	return	return	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 function	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	cease	present	the body		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
2	function	to-infinitive	the body not said here	permanently property	vn function-105.2.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	not return	can	the person		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

It may be caused by a child's wishes

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	4 caused	nsubj:pass
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 caused	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 caused	aux:pass
4	caused	cause	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	9 wishes	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 child	det
7	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 wishes	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 child	case
9	wishes	wish	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 caused	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	may · passive	a child's wishes	It					vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition subject=Patient
2	wish		a child						nom wish «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

It is a form of very deep sleep

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	4 form	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 form	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 form	det
4	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 sleep	case
6	very	very	ADV	_	7 deep	advmod
7	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 sleep	amod
8	sleep	sleep	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 form	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a form				of deep sleep	tree rules

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