Exam question 1 · When a parent has died

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises grief in children?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: grief

This is exam question 1 of lesson 518 «When a parent has died» 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	grief	grief	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 children	case
11	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
12	?	?	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		grief				of the following statements; in children; 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 · ← Mova's choice

It is a contagious illness requiring medical isolation

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	5 illness	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 illness	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 illness	det
4	contagious	contagious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 illness	amod
5	illness	illness	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	requiring	require	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 illness	acl
7	medical	medical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 isolation	amod
8	isolation	isolation	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 requiring	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a contagious illness					tree rules
2	require	gerund	a contagious illness not said here	medical isolation					vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme isolation=Precondition

Option 2

It manifests solely as weeping and ceases within a single week

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 manifests	nsubj
2	manifests	manifest	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	solely	solely	ADV	_	2 manifests	advmod
4	as	as	ADP	_	5 weeping	case
5	weeping	weeping	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 manifests	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 ceases	cc
7	ceases	cease	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 manifests	conj
8	within	within	ADP	_	11 week	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 week	det
10	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 week	amod
11	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 ceases	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	manifest	present	It					as weeping; solely property	vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme
2	cease	present					week		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 3

It is experienced exclusively by adults and never by children

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 experienced	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 experienced	aux:pass
3	experienced	experience	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	3 experienced	advmod
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 adults	case
6	adults	adult	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 experienced	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 children	cc
8	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	10 children	advmod
9	by	by	ADP	_	10 children	case
10	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 adults	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	experience	present · passive	adults and children	It				exclusively property	vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer subject=Stimulus

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It may manifest as sadness, anger, fatigue or fear, all of which are normal

The tree, 14 words

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 manifest	nsubj
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 manifest	aux
3	manifest	manifest	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	as	as	ADP	_	5 sadness	case
5	sadness	sadness	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 manifest	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 anger	punct
7	anger	anger	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sadness	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 fatigue	punct
9	fatigue	fatigue	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sadness	conj
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 fear	cc
11	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sadness	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 normal	punct
13	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	17 normal	nsubj
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 which	case
15	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 all	nmod
16	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 normal	cop
17	normal	normal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 manifest	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	manifest	may	It					as sadness and anger and fatigue or fear	vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme
2	is	present	all					normal property	tree rules

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