Exam question 2 · When someone dies: guilt, numbness and waves of grief

Identify the principal reason for which guilt is frequently experienced subsequent to a death.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, principal reason · What happens: identify, be

This is exam question 2 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 reason	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reason	amod
4	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 subsequent	nsubj
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 guilt	case
6	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	7 guilt	det
7	guilt	guilt	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 reason	nmod
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 subsequent	cop
9	frequently	frequently	ADV	_	11 subsequent	advmod
10	experienced	experienced	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 subsequent	amod
11	subsequent	subsequent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Identify	ccomp
12	to	to	ADP	_	14 death	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 death	det
14	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 subsequent	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here						vn empathize-88.2 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	is	present	the principal reason for which guilt					to a death; frequently, subsequent property	tree rules

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

The mind seeks a cause it might have altered, which feels less helpless

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 mind	det
2	mind	mind	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 seeks	nsubj
3	seeks	seek	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 cause	det
5	cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 seeks	obj
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 altered	nsubj:pass
7	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 altered	aux
8	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 altered	aux
9	altered	alter	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 cause	acl:relcl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 feels	punct
11	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 feels	nsubj
12	feels	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 cause	acl:relcl
13	less	less	ADV	Degree=Cmp	14 helpless	advmod
14	helpless	helpless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 feels	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	seek	present	the mind	a cause		vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cause=Theme
2	alter	might · perfect · passive	a cause not said here	mind		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient
3	feel	present	a cause		helpless property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Option 2

Guilt arises only where the deceased expressed anger beforehand

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Guilt	guilt	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 arises	nsubj
2	arises	arise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	only	only	ADV	_	6 deceased	advmod
4	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	6 deceased	advmod
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 deceased	det
6	deceased	decease	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 arises	advcl
7	expressed	express	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 anger	amod
8	anger	anger	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 deceased	obj
9	beforehand	beforehand	ADV	_	6 deceased	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	arise	present	Guilt			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	decease	participle	Guilt not said here	expressed anger	beforehand property	tree rules
3	express	participle				vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Guilt is a legal penalty imposed by the courts upon all surviving relatives

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Guilt	guilt	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 penalty	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 penalty	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 penalty	det
4	legal	legal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 penalty	amod
5	penalty	penalty	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	imposed	impose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 penalty	acl
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 courts	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 courts	det
9	courts	court	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 imposed	obl
10	upon	upon	ADP	_	13 relatives	case
11	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	13 relatives	det
12	surviving	survive	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	13 relatives	amod
13	relatives	relative	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 imposed	obl:agent

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Guilt	a legal penalty		tree rules
2	impose	participle		a legal penalty not said here	by the courts	vn enforce-63 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	survive	gerund				vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

The bereaved person has invariably caused the death in question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 person	det
2	bereaved	bereaved	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 person	amod
3	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 caused	nsubj:pass
4	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 caused	aux
5	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	6 caused	advmod
6	caused	cause	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 death	det
8	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 caused	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 question	case
10	question	question	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 caused	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	present · perfect · passive		the bereaved person		question		invariably property	vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Theme death=Eventuality

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