Exam question 2 · Dementia and the first death in the family

Identify the most appropriate response of a child to a grandparent with dementia who repeats the same anecdote.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, dementia · What happens: identify, repeat · To what, where: appropriate response, same anecdote

This is exam question 2 of lesson 514 «Dementia and the first death in the family» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 response	det
3	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	4 appropriate	advmod
4	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 response	amod
5	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 child	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 child	det
8	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 response	nmod
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 grandparent	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 grandparent	det
11	grandparent	grandparent	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obl
12	with	with	ADP	_	13 dementia	case
13	dementia	dementia	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 grandparent	nmod
14	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 repeats	nsubj
15	repeats	repeat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 dementia	acl:relcl
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 anecdote	det
17	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 anecdote	amod
18	anecdote	anecdote	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 repeats	obj
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the appropriate response of a child				to a grandparent with dementia	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent response=Theme to grandparent=be'
2	repeat	present	dementia	the same anecdote					vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anecdote=Eventuality

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

To withdraw from the room on each occasion

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 withdraw	mark
2	withdraw	withdraw	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	5 room	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 room	det
5	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 withdraw	obl
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 occasion	case
7	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	8 occasion	det
8	occasion	occasion	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 withdraw	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	withdraw	to-infinitive				the room		on each occasion	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from room=Initial_Location

Option 2

To remind the grandparent repeatedly of the prior telling

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 remind	mark
2	remind	remind	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 grandparent	det
4	grandparent	grandparent	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 remind	obj
5	repeatedly	repeatedly	ADV	_	2 remind	advmod
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 telling	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 telling	det
8	prior	prior	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 telling	amod
9	telling	telling	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 remind	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remind speech: other	to-infinitive		the grandparent				of the prior telling; repeatedly property	vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient PP.topic»: agent=Agent grandparent=Recipient of telling=Topic

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

To listen attentively as though hearing it for the first time

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 listen	mark
2	listen	listen	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	attentively	attentively	ADV	_	2 listen	advmod
4	as	as	ADV	_	2 listen	advmod
5	though	though	SCONJ	_	6 hearing	mark
6	hearing	hear	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 listen	advcl
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 hearing	obj
8	for	for	ADP	_	11 time	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 time	det
10	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	11 time	amod
11	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hearing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	listen	to-infinitive						attentively property	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
2	hear	gerund		it			time		vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus

Option 4

To correct each and every inaccuracy in the grandparent's account

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 correct	mark
2	correct	correct	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	2 correct	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 inaccuracy	cc
5	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	6 inaccuracy	det
6	inaccuracy	inaccuracy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 each	conj
7	in	in	ADP	_	11 account	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 grandparent	det
9	grandparent	grandparent	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 account	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 grandparent	case
11	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 correct	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	correct speech: disagree	to-infinitive		each		the grandparent's account			vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent each=Patient
2	account		the grandparent						nom account «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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