Exam question 3 · When a parent has died

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the preservation of memories of a deceased parent.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, decease, preserve · To what, where: response, preservation, memories

This is exam question 3 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	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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 preservation	det
11	preservation	preservation	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 memories	case
13	memories	memory	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 preservation	nmod
14	of	of	ADP	_	17 parent	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 parent	det
16	deceased	decease	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	17 parent	amod
17	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 memories	nmod
18	.	.	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	the preservation of memories of a deceased parent		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus preservation=Experiencer
4	decease	participle				vn die-42.4 «NP V»: agent=Patient
5	preserve			memories of a deceased parent		nom preservation «act transitive»: 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Photographs, recordings, stories and keepsakes assist remembrance

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Photographs	photograph	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 assist	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 recordings	punct
3	recordings	recording	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Photographs	conj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 stories	punct
5	stories	story	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Photographs	conj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 keepsakes	cc
7	keepsakes	keepsake	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Photographs	conj
8	assist	assist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	remembrance	remembrance	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 assist	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	assist	present	Photographs and recordings and stories and keepsakes	remembrance					vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent remembrance=Beneficiary

Option 2

Remembrance is harmful and ought to be discouraged in the home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Remembrance	remembrance	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 harmful	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 harmful	cop
3	harmful	harmful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 discouraged	cc
5	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 discouraged	aux
6	to	to	PART	_	8 discouraged	mark
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 discouraged	aux:pass
8	discouraged	discourage	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 harmful	conj
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 home	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 home	det
11	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 discouraged	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Remembrance					harmful property	tree rules
2	discourage	ought · passive	Remembrance not said here			the home			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»

Option 3

Memories are best preserved by refraining from all discussion

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Memories	memory	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 preserved	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 preserved	aux:pass
3	best	well	ADV	Degree=Sup	4 preserved	advmod
4	preserved	preserve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	SCONJ	_	6 refraining	mark
6	refraining	refrain	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 preserved	advcl
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 discussion	case
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 discussion	det
9	discussion	discussion	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 refraining	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	preserve	present · passive		Memories				well property	vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary
2	refrain	gerund				all discussion			vn refrain-69 «NP V PP.theme S_ING»: agent=Agent from discussion=Eventuality

Option 4

The removal of all photographs hastens recovery and is advised

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 removal	det
2	removal	removal	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hastens	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 photographs	case
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 photographs	det
5	photographs	photograph	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 removal	nmod
6	hastens	hasten	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	recovery	recovery	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hastens	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 advised	cc
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 advised	aux:pass
10	advised	advise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 hastens	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	hasten	present	the removal of all photographs	recovery	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent recovery=Patient
2	advise speech: other	present · passive	the removal of all photographs not said here		vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V PP.topic»
3	remove			all photographs	nom removal «act transitive»: of=patient

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