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Exam question 4 · Moving, new schools, change and grief

It is given that a pupil laughs at an amusing film one week subsequent to the death of a grandparent. Determine which statement is correct.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: pupil, grandparent, you, statement · What happens: give, laugh, die, determine, be · To what, where: It, amusing film

This is exam question 4 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

Sentence 1: It is given that a pupil laughs at an amusing film one week subsequent to the death of a grandparent.

nsubj:passaux:passmarkdetnsubjadvclcasedetamodoblnummodcompoundnmodcasedetnmodcasedetnmodpunctrootItPRONisAUXgivenVERBthatSCONJaDETpupilNOUNlaughsVERBatADPanDETamusingADJfilmNOUNoneNUMweekNOUNsubsequentNOUNtoADPtheDETdeathNOUNofADPaDETgrandparentNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ItitPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 givennsubj:pass
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 givenaux:pass
3givengiveVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
4thatthatSCONJ_7 laughsmark
5aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art6 pupildet
6pupilpupilNOUNNumber=Sing7 laughsnsubj
7laughslaughVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 givenadvcl
8atatADP_11 filmcase
9anaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art11 filmdet
10amusingamusingADJDegree=Pos11 filmamod
11filmfilmNOUNNumber=Sing7 laughsobl
12oneoneNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card14 subsequentnummod
13weekweekNOUNNumber=Sing14 subsequentcompound
14subsequentsubsequentNOUNNumber=Sing11 filmnmod
15totoADP_17 deathcase
16thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art17 deathdet
17deathdeathNOUNNumber=Sing14 subsequentnmod
18ofofADP_20 grandparentcase
19aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art20 grandparentdet
20grandparentgrandparentNOUNNumber=Sing17 deathnmod
21..PUNCT_3 givenpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1givepresent · passiveItvn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2laughpresenta pupila amusing film one week subsequent to the death of a grandparentvn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3diea grandparentnom death «event intransitive»: of=agent

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.

Sentence 2: Determine which statement is correct.

detnsubjcopccomppunctrootDetermineVERBwhichDETstatementNOUNisAUXcorrectADJ.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1DeterminedetermineVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2whichwhichDETPronType=Int3 statementdet
3statementstatementNOUNNumber=Sing5 correctnsubj
4isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 correctcop
5correctcorrectADJDegree=Pos1 Determineccomp
6..PUNCT_1 Determinepunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1determineimperativeyou not said herevn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2ispresentwhich statementcorrect propertytree rules

The options

Option 1

Such conduct demonstrates an absence of genuine affection

amodnsubjdetobjcaseamodnmodrootSuchADJconductNOUNdemonstratesVERBanDETabsenceNOUNofADPgenuineADJaffectionNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SuchsuchADJDegree=Pos2 conductamod
2conductconductNOUNNumber=Sing3 demonstratesnsubj
3demonstratesdemonstrateVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4anaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art5 absencedet
5absenceabsenceNOUNNumber=Sing3 demonstratesobj
6ofofADP_8 affectioncase
7genuinegenuineADJDegree=Pos8 affectionamod
8affectionaffectionNOUNNumber=Sing5 absencenmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1demonstratepresentSuch conducta absence of genuine affectionvn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot absence=Topic
2absentgenuine affectionnom absence «state transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

Such conduct ought to be prohibited for a period of at least one year

amodnsubj:passauxmarkaux:passcasedetoblcasecasenmodnummodnmodrootSuchADJconductNOUNoughtAUXtoPARTbeAUXprohibitedVERBforADPaDETperiodNOUNofADPatADPleastADJoneNUMyearNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SuchsuchADJDegree=Pos2 conductamod
2conductconductNOUNNumber=Sing6 prohibitednsubj:pass
3oughtoughtAUXVerbForm=Fin6 prohibitedaux
4totoPART_6 prohibitedmark
5bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf6 prohibitedaux:pass
6prohibitedprohibitVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
7forforADP_9 periodcase
8aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art9 perioddet
9periodperiodNOUNNumber=Sing6 prohibitedobl
10ofofADP_14 yearcase
11atatADP_12 leastcase
12leastleastADJDegree=Sup13 onenmod
13oneoneNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card14 yearnummod
14yearyearNOUNNumber=Sing9 periodnmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1prohibitought · passiveSuch conductfor a period of one yearvn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Such conduct is normal, grief occurring in alternating waves

amodnsubjcoppunctconjaclcasecompoundoblrootSuchADJconductNOUNisAUXnormalADJ,PUNCTgriefNOUNoccurringVERBinADPalternatingNOUNwavesNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SuchsuchADJDegree=Pos2 conductamod
2conductconductNOUNNumber=Sing4 normalnsubj
3isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 normalcop
4normalnormalADJDegree=Posrootroot
5,,PUNCT_6 griefpunct
6griefgriefNOUNNumber=Sing4 normalconj
7occurringoccurVERBVerbForm=Ger6 griefacl
8ininADP_10 wavescase
9alternatingalternatingNOUNNumber=Sing10 wavescompound
10waveswaveNOUNNumber=Plur7 occurringobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentSuch conductnormal propertytree rules
2occurgerundgrief not said herealternating wavesvn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in wave=Location

Option 4

Such conduct signifies that mourning has been concluded

amodnsubjmarknsubj:passauxaux:passadvclrootSuchADJconductNOUNsignifiesVERBthatSCONJmourningNOUNhasAUXbeenAUXconcludedVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SuchsuchADJDegree=Pos2 conductamod
2conductconductNOUNNumber=Sing3 signifiesnsubj
3signifiessignifyVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4thatthatSCONJ_8 concludedmark
5mourningmourningNOUNNumber=Sing8 concludednsubj:pass
6hashaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin8 concludedaux
7beenbeAUXTense=Past VerbForm=Part8 concludedaux:pass
8concludedconcludeVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass3 signifiesadvcl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1signifypresentSuch conductvn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot
2concludepresent · perfect · passivemourningvn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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