Exam question 3 · Dementia and the first death in the family

Ascertain the correct interpretation of a child's absence of tears at the funeral of a grandparent.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, child · What happens: ascertain, interpret, absent · To what, where: correct interpretation, absence, tears

This is exam question 3 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 interpretation	det
3	correct	correct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 interpretation	amod
4	interpretation	interpretation	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	9 absence	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 child	det
7	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 absence	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 child	case
9	absence	absence	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 interpretation	nmod
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 tears	case
11	tears	tear	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 absence	nmod
12	at	at	ADP	_	14 funeral	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 funeral	det
14	funeral	funeral	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 tears	nmod
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 grandparent	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 grandparent	det
17	grandparent	grandparent	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 funeral	nmod
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the correct interpretation of a child's absence of tears at the funeral of a grandparent	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent interpretation=Topic
2	interpret			a child's absence of tears at the funeral of a grandparent	nom interpretation «cognition transitive»: of=patient
3	absent		a child	tears at the funeral of a grandparent	nom absence «state transitive»: poss=agent 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.

The options

Option 1

It requires a remedy by the feigning of tears

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	2 requires	nsubj
2	requires	require	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 remedy	det
4	remedy	remedy	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 requires	obj
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 feigning	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 feigning	det
7	feigning	feigning	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 requires	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 tears	case
9	tears	tear	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 feigning	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present	It	a remedy				by the feigning of tears	vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme remedy=Precondition
2	feign			tears					nom feigning «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

It indicates a disorder requiring medical attention

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	2 indicates	nsubj
2	indicates	indicate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 disorder	det
4	disorder	disorder	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 indicates	obj
5	requiring	require	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 disorder	acl
6	medical	medical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 attention	amod
7	attention	attention	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 requiring	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	indicate	present	It	a disorder					vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot disorder=Topic
2	require	gerund	a disorder not said here	medical attention					vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme attention=Precondition

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It implies nothing as to the child's affection

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	2 implies	nsubj
2	implies	imply	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	2 implies	obj
4	as	as	ADP	ExtPos=ADP	9 affection	case
5	to	to	ADP	_	4 as	fixed
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 child	det
7	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 affection	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 child	case
9	affection	affection	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 implies	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	imply	present	It	nothing				as the child's affection	vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot nothing=Topic

Option 4

It demonstrates indifference towards the deceased

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	2 demonstrates	nsubj
2	demonstrates	demonstrate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	indifference	indifference	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 demonstrates	obj
4	towards	towards	SCONJ	_	6 deceased	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 deceased	det
6	deceased	decease	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 demonstrates	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	demonstrate	present	It	indifference					vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot indifference=Topic
2	decease	participle							vn die-42.4 «NP V»: agent=Patient

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