Exam question 3 · When someone dies: guilt, numbness and waves of grief

It is given that a child exhibited no tears at a funeral. Select the response consistent with the established facts.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: child, you · What happens: give, exhibit, select, establish · To what, where: It, tears, funeral, response

This is exam question 3 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

Sentence 1: It is given that a child exhibited no tears at a funeral.

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 given	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 exhibited	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 child	det
6	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 exhibited	nsubj
7	exhibited	exhibit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 given	advcl
8	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	9 tears	det
9	tears	tear	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 exhibited	obj
10	at	at	ADP	_	12 funeral	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 funeral	det
12	funeral	funeral	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 exhibited	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present · passive		It					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	exhibit	past	a child	no tears		a funeral			vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tear=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.

Sentence 2: Select the response consistent with the established facts.

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	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	amod
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	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	establish	participle							vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

The child shall be incapable of grief for the remainder of his life

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 child	det
2	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 incapable	nsubj
3	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 incapable	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 incapable	cop
5	incapable	incapable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 grief	case
7	grief	grief	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 incapable	obl
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 remainder	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 remainder	det
10	remainder	remainder	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 incapable	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 life	case
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 life	nmod:poss
13	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 remainder	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	shall	the child					of grief; for the remainder of child's life; incapable property	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Initial numbness is common and does not indicate an absence of love

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Initial	initial	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 numbness	amod
2	numbness	numbness	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 common	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 common	cop
4	common	common	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 indicate	cc
6	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 indicate	aux
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 indicate	advmod
8	indicate	indicate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 common	conj
9	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 absence	det
10	absence	absence	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 indicate	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 love	case
12	love	love	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 absence	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	Initial numbness		common property	tree rules
2	not indicate	present · do-support	Initial numbness not said here	a absence of love		vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot absence=Topic
3	absent			love		nom absence «state transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

Tears are expressly prohibited at funerals in most jurisdictions

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tears	tear	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 prohibited	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 prohibited	aux:pass
3	expressly	expressly	ADV	_	4 prohibited	advmod
4	prohibited	prohibit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 funerals	case
6	funerals	funeral	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 prohibited	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 jurisdictions	case
8	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	9 jurisdictions	amod
9	jurisdictions	jurisdiction	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 prohibited	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prohibit	present · passive		Tears		funerals		in most jurisdictions; expressly property	vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 4

The absence of tears constitutes proof of an absence of affection

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 absence	det
2	absence	absence	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 proof	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 tears	case
4	tears	tear	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 absence	nmod
5	constitutes	constitute	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 proof	cop
6	proof	proof	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 absence	case
8	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 absence	det
9	absence	absence	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 proof	nmod
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 affection	case
11	affection	affection	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 absence	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the absence of tears	proof	of a absence of affection	tree rules
2	absent			tears		nom absence «state transitive»: of=patient
3	absent			affection		nom absence «state transitive»: of=patient

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