Exam question 2 · Moving, new schools, change and grief

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises death, as it ought to be explained to a young child?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris, explain · To what, where: death, young child

This is exam question 2 of lesson 97 «Moving, new schools, change and grief» 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	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 explained	punct
11	as	as	SCONJ	_	16 explained	mark
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 explained	nsubj:pass
13	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 explained	aux
14	to	to	PART	_	16 explained	mark
15	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	16 explained	aux:pass
16	explained	explain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 characterises	advcl
17	to	to	ADP	_	20 child	case
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 child	det
19	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 child	amod
20	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 explained	obl
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	death		of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	explain speech: assert	ought · passive	death	a young child		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Topic to child=Recipient

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 condition may be reversed by sufficiently good conduct on the part of the family

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 condition	det
2	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 reversed	nsubj:pass
3	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 reversed	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 reversed	aux:pass
5	reversed	reverse	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	by	by	ADP	_	9 conduct	case
7	sufficiently	sufficiently	ADV	_	8 good	advmod
8	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 conduct	amod
9	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 reversed	obl
10	on	on	ADP	_	12 part	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 part	det
12	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 conduct	nmod
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 family	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 family	det
15	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 part	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reverse	may · passive	good conduct on the part of the family	the condition					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent subject=Patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The body has ceased to function permanently and cannot resume

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 body	det
2	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ceased	nsubj:pass
3	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 ceased	aux
4	ceased	cease	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 function	mark
6	function	function	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 ceased	xcomp
7	permanently	permanently	ADV	_	6 function	advmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 resume	cc
9	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 resume	aux
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 resume	advmod
11	resume	resume	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 ceased	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	cease	present · perfect · passive	the body		tree rules
2	function	to-infinitive		permanently property	vn function-105.2.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	not resume	can			vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 3

The deceased is in a prolonged sleep and may awaken

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sleep	det
2	deceased	decease	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 sleep	amod
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 sleep	cop
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 sleep	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 sleep	det
6	prolonged	prolong	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 sleep	amod
7	sleep	sleep	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 awaken	cc
9	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 awaken	aux
10	awaken	awaken	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 sleep	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	where	roles by
1	decease	participle		vn die-42.4 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	prolong	participle		vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent
3	is	present	the deceased prolonged sleep	tree rules
4	awaken	may		vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

The deceased has departed upon an extended journey

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 deceased	det
2	deceased	decease	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 departed	parataxis
3	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 departed	aux
4	departed	depart	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	8 journey	case
6	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 journey	det
7	extended	extended	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 journey	amod
8	journey	journey	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 departed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	decease	participle							vn die-42.4 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	depart	present · perfect						upon a extended journey	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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