Exam question 4 · Dementia and the first death in the family

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning anxiety in children following a bereavement.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts, children · What happens: select, establish, concern, follow · To what, where: response, anxiety, bereavement

This is exam question 4 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	anxiety	anxiety	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 children	case
12	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 concerning	obl
13	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 children	acl
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 bereavement	det
15	bereavement	bereavement	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 following	obj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	anxiety	in children	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus anxiety=Experiencer
4	follow	gerund	children not said here	a bereavement		vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bereavement=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.

The options

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

Children often fear further deaths, and discussion helps

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 fear	nsubj
2	often	often	ADV	_	3 fear	advmod
3	fear	fear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	further	further	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 deaths	amod
5	deaths	death	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 fear	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 helps	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 helps	cc
8	discussion	discussion	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 helps	nsubj
9	helps	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fear	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fear	present	Children	further deaths				often property	vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer death=Stimulus
2	help	present	discussion						vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Such fears are a sign of disobedience that ought to be punished

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 fears	amod
2	fears	fear	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 sign	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 sign	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 sign	det
5	sign	sign	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 disobedience	case
7	disobedience	disobedience	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sign	nmod
8	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 punished	nsubj:pass
9	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 punished	aux
10	to	to	PART	_	12 punished	mark
11	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	12 punished	aux:pass
12	punished	punish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 disobedience	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Such fears	a sign				of disobedience	tree rules
2	punish	ought · passive	Such fears not said here	disobedience					vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 3

Children never experience such anxiety whatsoever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 experience	nsubj
2	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	3 experience	advmod
3	experience	experience	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 anxiety	amod
5	anxiety	anxiety	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 experience	obj
6	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	3 experience	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not experience	present	Children	such anxiety				whatsoever property	vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer anxiety=Stimulus

Option 4

Such fears ought always to be concealed from parents

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 fears	amod
2	fears	fear	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 concealed	nsubj
3	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 concealed	aux
4	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	7 concealed	advmod
5	to	to	PART	_	7 concealed	mark
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 concealed	aux:pass
7	concealed	conceal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	from	from	ADP	_	9 parents	case
9	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 concealed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conceal	ought · passive		Such fears				from parents; always property	vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Patient from parent=Beneficiary

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