Exam question 2 · When a parent has died

Identify the conduct most likely to assist a pupil who has lost a parent.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, pupil · What happens: identify, assist, lose · To what, where: conduct, pupil, parent

This is exam question 2 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 conduct	det
3	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	5 likely	advmod
5	likely	likely	ADV	_	1 Identify	advmod
6	to	to	PART	_	7 assist	mark
7	assist	assist	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Identify	advcl
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 pupil	det
9	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 assist	obj
10	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 lost	nsubj
11	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 lost	aux
12	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	9 pupil	acl:relcl
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 parent	det
14	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 lost	obj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the conduct		likely property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent conduct=Theme
2	assist	to-infinitive	you not said here		a pupil		vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pupil=Beneficiary
3	lose	present · perfect	a pupil	a parent			vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent parent=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

Avoidance of the pupil until recovery

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Avoidance	avoidance	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 pupil	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 pupil	det
4	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Avoidance	nmod
5	until	until	ADP	_	6 recovery	case
6	recovery	recovery	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Avoidance	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	avoid			the pupil			until recovery		nom avoidance «act transitive»: of=patient until=obl

Option 2

Repeated reminders of the date of death

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Repeated	repeat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 reminders	amod
2	reminders	reminder	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 date	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 date	det
5	date	date	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reminders	nmod
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 death	case
7	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 date	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	repeat	participle							vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	remind			the date of death					nom reminder «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Inclusion of the pupil in ordinary activities

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Inclusion	inclusion	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 pupil	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 pupil	det
4	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Inclusion	nmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 activities	case
6	ordinary	ordinary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 activities	amod
7	activities	activity	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 pupil	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	include			the pupil in ordinary activities					nom inclusion «state transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

Instruction to the pupil to cease grieving

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Instruction	instruction	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	to	to	ADP	_	4 pupil	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 pupil	det
4	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Instruction	nmod
5	to	to	PART	_	6 cease	mark
6	cease	cease	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Instruction	acl
7	grieving	grieve	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 cease	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cease	to-infinitive							vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
2	grieve	gerund							vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

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