Exam question 3 · Moving, new schools, change and grief

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the thoughts and wishes of a child in respect of a subsequent death.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, response, established facts, child · What happens: select, be, establish, concern, wish, respect · To what, where: response, thoughts, subsequent death

This is exam question 3 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	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	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 consistent	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 consistent	cop
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	acl:relcl
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 facts	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 facts	det
9	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 facts	amod
10	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 consistent	obl
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 facts	acl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 thoughts	det
13	thoughts	thought	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 concerning	obj
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 wishes	cc
15	wishes	wish	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 thoughts	conj
16	of	of	ADP	_	18 child	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 child	det
18	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 wishes	nmod
19	in	in	ADP	_	20 respect	case
20	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 child	nmod
21	of	of	ADP	_	24 death	case
22	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	24 death	det
23	subsequent	subsequent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 death	amod
24	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 respect	nmod
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	is	present	the response		with the established facts; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the thoughts and wishes of a child in respect of a subsequent death		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus thought=Experiencer
5	wish		a child in respect of a subsequent death			nom wish «feeling intransitive»: of=agent
6	respect			a subsequent death		nom respect «cognition 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

Wishes are capable of hastening an illness in another person

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wishes	wish	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 capable	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 capable	cop
3	capable	capable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	of	of	SCONJ	_	5 hastening	mark
5	hastening	hasten	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 capable	advcl
6	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 illness	det
7	illness	illness	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hastening	obj
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 person	case
9	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	10 person	det
10	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hastening	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Wishes					capable property	tree rules
2	hasten	gerund	Wishes not said here	a illness				in another person	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent illness=Theme in person=Trajectory

Option 2

Angry thoughts render the child partly responsible for it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 thoughts	amod
2	thoughts	thought	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 render	nsubj
3	render	render	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 child	det
5	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 render	obj
6	partly	partly	ADV	_	7 responsible	advmod
7	responsible	responsible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 child	amod
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 it	case
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 responsible	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	render	present	Angry thoughts	the child					vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Theme

Option 3

A sufficiently intense wish may occasion the death of another

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 wish	det
2	sufficiently	sufficiently	ADV	_	3 intense	advmod
3	intense	intense	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 wish	amod
4	wish	wish	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 occasion	nsubj
5	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 occasion	aux
6	occasion	occasion	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 death	det
8	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 occasion	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 another	case
10	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	8 death	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	occasion	may	a intense wish	the death of another					tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Thoughts and wishes are incapable of causing any death

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Thoughts	thought	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 incapable	nsubj
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 wishes	cc
3	wishes	wish	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Thoughts	conj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 incapable	cop
5	incapable	incapable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	of	of	SCONJ	_	7 causing	mark
7	causing	cause	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 incapable	advcl
8	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	9 death	det
9	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 causing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Thoughts and wishes					incapable property	tree rules
2	cause	gerund	Thoughts and wishes not said here	any death					vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition death=Patient

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