Exam question 1 · When someone dies: guilt, numbness and waves of grief

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the course of grief following a bereavement?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: grief · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: course, bereavement

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1 «When someone dies: guilt, numbness and waves of grief» of the reflection 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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 course	det
10	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 grief	case
12	grief	grief	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 course	nmod
13	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 grief	acl
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 bereavement	det
15	bereavement	bereavement	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 following	obj
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the course of grief	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	follow	gerund	grief not said here	a bereavement		vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bereavement=Theme

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

It is invariably constant in intensity for the remainder of one's life

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 constant	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 constant	cop
3	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	4 constant	advmod
4	constant	constant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 intensity	case
6	intensity	intensity	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 constant	obl
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 remainder	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 remainder	det
9	remainder	remainder	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 constant	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	13 life	case
11	one	one	PRON	Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 life	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 one	case
13	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 remainder	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It			intensity		for the remainder of one's life; constant, invariably property	tree rules

Option 2

It invariably concludes within a single day of the bereavement

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 concludes	nsubj
2	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	3 concludes	advmod
3	concludes	conclude	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	within	within	ADP	_	7 day	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 day	det
6	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 day	amod
7	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 concludes	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 bereavement	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 bereavement	det
10	bereavement	bereavement	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 day	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conclude	present	It				day	invariably property	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 3

It is experienced exclusively by adults and never by children

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 experienced	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 experienced	aux:pass
3	experienced	experience	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	3 experienced	advmod
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 adults	case
6	adults	adult	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 experienced	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 children	cc
8	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	10 children	advmod
9	by	by	ADP	_	10 children	case
10	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 adults	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	experience	present · passive	adults and children	It				exclusively property	vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer subject=Stimulus

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

It commonly recurs in waves which diminish gradually over weeks and months

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 recurs	nsubj
2	commonly	commonly	ADV	_	3 recurs	advmod
3	recurs	recur	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 waves	case
5	waves	wave	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 recurs	obl
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 diminish	nsubj
7	diminish	diminish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 waves	acl:relcl
8	gradually	gradually	ADV	_	7 diminish	advmod
9	over	over	ADP	_	10 weeks	case
10	weeks	week	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 diminish	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 months	cc
12	months	month	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 weeks	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	recur	present	It			waves		commonly property	vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in wave=Location
2	diminish	present	waves				week	gradually property	vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

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